Person Dillenius; Joannes Jacobus (1687 - 1747) Dillenius Joannes Jacobus John James Dillenius, Johann Jacob 1687 - 1747 German Male Darmstadt, Germany 1687 Oxford 02 April 1747 Burial: St Peter's-in-the-East, Oxford

Physician Botany 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 Son of [...] Dillen or Dillenius, Professor of Medicine at Giessen, and his wife, a daughter of Daniel Funk Royal Society roles: For Sec 1728-1747 Fellow 25/06/1724 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Foster; DBE Authority: First Altname from DNB, second from DSB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1687 - 2 Apr 1747 NA7315 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 7c9d3a05-c33a-49b5-b2a1-69490e328a69