Johannes Burman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Johannes Burman

Dutch botanist

Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1707

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 20-Jan-1779

Profession: physician, university teacher, botanist

Nationality: Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Johannes Burman

  • Johannes Burman (26 April 1707 in Amsterdam – 20 February 1780), was a Dutch botanist and physician.
  • Burman specialized in plants from Ceylon, Amboina and Cape Colony.
  • The name Pelargonium was introduced by Johannes Burman. Johannes Burman was the eldest son of the theologian Frans Burman (1671-1719) and his wife Elizabeth Thierens.
  • His brother was the theologian Frans Burman (1708-1793).
  • He started his studies in Leiden in 1722 under Herman Boerhaave, and qualified in 1728 as a doctor of medicine, after which he practiced in Amsterdam.
  • After the death of Frederik Ruysch he was appointed Professor of Botany in Amsterdam.
  • Johannes Burman was married to Adriana van Buuren.
  • Their son Nicolaas Laurens Burman was also a botanist and studied under LinnĂ© in Uppsala. Carl Linnaeus, in 1735 on a trip through Holland, was invited by Burman, carrying a letter of recommendation from Herman Boerhaave.
  • Burman was impressed by the young man and offered him accommodation in his home on Keizersgracht.
  • Linnaeus was employed by Burman almost six weeks to complete a flora of the plants of Ceylon.Burman introduced Linnaeus to George Clifford III and Clifford showed them a fantastic book.
  • It was not in Burman's collections and Clifford said he could have it in exchange for Linnaeus who was employed to survey the gardens and the menagerie at Hartekamp.
  • Burman was later commemorated by LinnĂ© in the genus Burmannia and family Burmanniaceae. Burmann published his book with plants from the Cape Colony based on a collection by Nicolaes Witsen, the work of Caspar Commelin and Simon van der Stel? In his book on Amboinese plants he used the work of Rumphius.
  • For research and as illustrations on plants from the West-Indies he used the work of the French botanist Charles Plumier.

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