Gaspard Bauhin

Swiss botanist (1560-1624)

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Lived 1560–1624, aged 64Switzerland
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    1560–1624
    Aged 64
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Updated 2026-06-19

Gaspard Bauhin or Caspar Bauhin, was a Swiss botanist whose Pinax theatri botanici (1623) described thousands of plants and classified them in a manner that draws comparisons to the later binomial nomenclature of Linnaeus. He was a disciple of the famous Italian physician Girolamo Mercuriale and he also worked on human anatomical nomenclature.

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