Person Boerhaave; Herman (1668 - 1738) Boerhaave Herman Hermann 1668 - 1738 Dutch Male Voorhout, Netherlands 31 December 1668 Leyden, Netherlands 23 September 1738

Medicine Botany Chemistry Education: Grammar School in Leyden; Leyden; BPhil (1690); Harderwijck; MB (1693) Career: Practised in Leyden; Lecturer in Medicine, Leyden (1701); offered chair of medicine at Groningen but declined (1703); Professor of Botany (1709-1729) and of Medicine (1709-1738), Leyden; supervied the University Botanical Garden; helped Carl Linnaeus (FRS 1753) in his classification of plants; revived clinical teaching at Leyden and attracted some 1100 students from all over Europe, including over 600 English-speaking ones; Professor of Chemistry, Leyden (1718-1729); became ill through overwork (1723); invited to be Physician to the Tsarina; by the 1730s he was the most famous man of science in Europe; died of heart disease Memberships: Academie Royale des Sciences Son of Jacobus Boerhaave, clergyman, and his second wife, Hagar Daelder; married Maria Drolenvaux Fellow 30/04/1730 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB References: Simon Schaffer, 'The Glorious Revolution and Medicine in Britain and the Netherlands' in NR 1989 vol 43 pp 167-190 J A Chaldecott, 'Cromwell Mortimer, FRS (c. 1698-1752) and the Invention of the Metalline Thermometer for Measuring High Temperatures' in NR 1969 vol 24 pp 113-135 Notes: Proposed by Cromwell Mortimer; Sir Hans Sloane; a Secretary ©The Royal Society 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 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-19614 31 Dec 1668 - 23 Sep 1738 NA8371 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/61555409 9ada90c4-ee3a-4d3f-889b-7296148d8637