Leonhart Fuchs

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1501 - 1566

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Leonhart Fuchs was a German physician and botanist, born in 1501 in Wemding in the Duchy of Bavaria. He passed away on the 10th of May, 1566. He is best known as the author of a particular large book about plants and their medicinal uses, i.e. a Herbal Book. It was first published in Latin, in 1542. The book contained about 500 detailed and accurate drawings of plants, which were printed from woodcuts. The drawings are the book's most notable advance on its predecessors.

Although drawings were used beforehand in other Herbal Books, Fuchhs' Herbal book proved and emphasized high quality drawings as the most telling way to specify what a plant name stands for. Eventually, the Fuchsia as a plant was named in his honour; consequently, the colour fuchsia was named after him as well.

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