Frederik Ruysch
1638–1731
Dutch anatomist and botanist. MD, Leiden, 1664. Praelector of anatomy, surgeon’s guild, Amsterdam, 1666–1731; doctor of the court of justice from 1679. Professor of botany and supervisor of the botanical garden, Athenaeum Illustre, from 1685.
Source
DSB.
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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