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Nicolás Joseph Jacquin

Chemist, physician and botanist from the Netherlands (1727-1817) · Scientists · Died at 90

Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. He travelled to the West Indies as part of an Austrian expedition and collected a large number of botanical specimens and described many species.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

About this person

He served as the first professor of chemistry in the mining academy at Schemnitz in Austria and later worked at the University of Vienna. He was the father of the botanist Joseph Franz von Jacquin.

Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1727 to 1817 · aged 90