| Authorised form of name | Rivinus; August Quirinus (1652 - 1723) |
| Other forms of name | Augustus Quirinus |
| Other forms of surname | Bachmann |
| Dates | 1652 - 1723 |
| Nationality | German |
| Place of birth | Leipzig, Germany |
| Date of birth | 09 December 1652 |
| Place of death | Leipzig, Germany |
| Date of death | 30 December 1723 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Botany |
| Activity | Education:
Leipzig; MB (1671); Helmstedt; MD (1676)
Career:
Practised in Leipzig; Lecturer in Medicine, Leipzig (1677); Professor of Physiology and Botany, Leipzig (1691), Professor of Pathology (1701), Professor of Therapeutics and Dean of Medicine (1719); invented a system of plant classification and binomial nomenclature; died of pleurisy
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 30/11/1703 |
| Relationships | Son of Andreas Bachmann, or Rivinus, Professor of Poetry and Physiology at Leipzig; married four times |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB; Hirsch
Authority:
Altname from DSB. |
| Code | NA494 |