Sebald Justinus Brugmans, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sebald Justinus Brugmans

Dutch botanist

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1763

Place of Birth: Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 22-Jul-1819

Profession: physician, university teacher, botanist

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Sebald Justinus Brugmans

  • Sebald Justinus Brugmans (24 March 1763, Franeker – 22 July 1819, Leiden) was a Dutch botanist and physician.
  • He was the son of naturalist Anton Brugmans (1732-1789).Brugmans studied philosophy, mathematics and physics at the Universities of Franeker and Groningen, earning his doctorate in 1781.
  • In 1785 he became a professor at Franeker, where he taught classes in physics, astronomy, logic and metaphysics.
  • During the following year, he succeeded David van Royen (1727–1799) as professor of botany at the University of Leiden.
  • At Leiden, he also served as director of the "Hortus Botanicus Leiden".
  • In 1791, he transferred from the Faculty of Philosophy to that of Medicine, of which, from 1795, included the field of chemistry.
  • Brugmans was very interested in the connection that exists between chemistry and medicine.In 1794, when Holland became a refuge for retreating English and Hanoverian armies, he, along with physicians and medical students at Leiden, set up emergency hospital services outside the city.
  • He repeated this activity in 1799 (for English and Russian forces north of present-day IJmuiden), and in 1809 (bombardment of Vlissingen by the British Navy). In 1795, he was put in charge of the military medical service of the newly founded Batavian Republic.
  • His outstanding work as a physician came to the attention of Louis Bonaparte, as well as to his more famous brother, who promoted him to seventh inspector-general of the Grande Armee.
  • Later on, the first king of the Netherlands, William I, restored Brugmans to his former functions, while giving him additional duties as inspector-general of the military service, the supervision of the Navy and the Colonies, of the military veterinary service, and of sanitary conditions in prisons and quarantine stations. As a military physician, he was dedicated towards the improvement of hospital and barrack facilities.
  • In these endeavors, he stressed the importance of cleanliness and hygiene, and strove to prevent the spread of contagious disease.
  • He is especially remembered for his expertise in the treatment of gangrene.A genus of subtropical flowering plants known as Brugmansia is named after him.

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