| 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 |