Bauhin

Bauhin is the name of a family of doctors and botanists from Basel , originally from France , which died out in the 18th century.

Known members of the family:

• Jean Bauhin , also Johann (es) Bauhin (the Elder) (1511–1582), medic
  • Johann Bauhin , also Johannes Bauhin (the Younger) (1541–1613), physician and botanist as well as professor of rhetoric and personal physician
  • Caspar Bauhin (1560–1624), anatomist and botanist
    • Johann Caspar Bauhin (1606–1685), anatomist and botanist
      • Hieronymus Bauhin (1637–1667), anatomist and botanist
        • Johann Caspar Bauhin (1665–1705), medic
        • Johann Ludwig Bauhin (1666–1735), lawyer

The plant genus Bauhinien ( Bauhinia ) was named by Carl von Linné after the brothers Caspar Bauhin and Johann Bauhin.

literature

• Hans Peter Fuchs-Eckert: The Bauhin family in Basel. In: Bauhinia. 6/1, 1977, pp. 13-48; 6/2, 1979, pp. 311-329; 7/2, 1981 pp. 45-62; 7/3, 1982, pp. 135-153; 8/2, 1985, pp. 55-77; 8/3, 1986, pp. 125-140.

Web links

Commons : Bauhin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hans Peter Fuchs-Eckert: Bauhin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .