Authorised form of name | Dillenius; Joannes Jacobus (1687 - 1747) |
Other forms of name | John James |
Dillenius, Johann Jacob |
Dates | 1687 - 1747 |
Nationality | German |
Place of birth | Darmstadt, Germany |
Date of birth | 1687 |
Place of death | Oxford |
Date of death | 02 April 1747 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: St Peter's-in-the-East, Oxford |
Occupation | Physician |
Research field | Botany |
Activity | Education: Giessen; MD (1713). St John's College, Oxford; MD (1735) Career: Practised in Grunberg, Upper Hesse; Town Physician of Giessen; invited to England by William Sherard (FRS 1720) (1721); stayed in Oxford and London with Sherard and at Eltham with his brother, James Sherard (FRS 1706); first Professor of Botany at Oxford (1728) by the bequest of William Sherard; Carl Linnaeus (FRS 1753) visited him at Oxford (1736); died of apoplexy Memberships: Academia Naturae Curiosorum Germaniae
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 25/06/1724 |
RSActivity | Royal Society roles: For Sec 1728-1747 |
Relationships | Son of [...] Dillen or Dillenius, Professor of Medicine at Giessen, and his wife, a daughter of Daniel Funk |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Foster; DBE Authority: First Altname from DNB, second from DSB |
Code | NA7315 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
DM/5/100 | A list of benefactors to the Library, to the value of £5 or upwards at one time | c.1737 |