Hieronymus Bock
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Key facts
- Born
- 1497/98
- Died
- 21 February 1554, Hornbach , Zweibrücken-Bitsch , Holy Roman Empire , (in modern Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany )
- Spouse
- Eva Victor
- Church
- Lutheran
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hieronymus
- Family name
- Bock
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Prince-Bishopric of Speyer
- Place of death
- Hornbach
- Occupation
- physician
- Educated at
- Heidelberg University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Field of work
- botany
- Image
- Hieronymus Bock.jpg
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- Hieronymus Bock
- date of death
- 1554-02-21
- date of birth
- 1498-01-01
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- Hieronymus Bock
- name in native language
- Hieronymus Bock
- different from
- Hieronymus Bosch
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Encyclopedic overview
Hieronymus Bock (Latinised Hieronymus Tragus; c. 1498 – 21 February 1554) was a German botanist, physician, and Lutheran minister who began the transition from medieval botany to the modern scientific worldview by arranging plants by their relation or resemblance. The standard author abbreviation H.Bock is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
Life
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