Maarten Houttuyn
Maarten Willem Houttuyn (* 1720 in Hoorn ; † May 2, 1798 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch doctor and naturalist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Houtt. "
Live and act
Maarten Houttuyn was the son of the publisher Frans Houttuyn . He studied medicine in Leiden and received his doctorate there in 1749 with Dissertatio Spasmologica, Spasmorum Theoriam exhibens . In Hoorn he practiced as a doctor for some time until he moved to Amsterdam .
From 1761 to 1785 he published his 37-volume work Natuurlijke Historie of uitvoerige Beschrÿving der Dieren, Planten en Mineraalen, volgens het Samenstel van der Heer Linnaeus , which comprised about 22,000 pages and contained 296 copperplate engravings. The work was based on Carl von Linné's work Systema Naturae and influenced a number of similar works. At the end of March 1789 he sold his natural history collections.
Dedication names
The plant genus Houttuynia Thunb. from the family of the lizard tail plants (Saururaceae) has been named after him.
Fonts
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Natuurlijke Historie of uitvoerige Beschrÿving der Dieren, Planten en Mineraalen, volgens het Samenstel van der Heer Linnaeus . 37 volumes, Amsterdam 1761–1785 ( doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.66921 ).
- Deel 1, Stuk 1-18: Dieren . 1761–1773, 143 illustrations.
- Deel 2, Stuk 1-14: Planten . 1773–1783, 105 illustrations.
- Deel 3, Stuk 1-5: Minerals . 1780–1785, 48 illustrations.
swell
- Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
- Hans Peter Fuchs: Publication Dates of Houttuyn's "Translation" of Linnaeus' "Systema Naturae" . In: Taxon . Volume 11, Number 2, 1962, pp. 41-48, JSTOR 1217210 .
further reading
- M. Boeseman, W. de Ligny: Martinus Houttuyn (1720-1798) and his contributions to the natural sciences, with emphasis on zoology . In: Journal Zoologische Verhandelingen . Volume 349, 2004, pp. 1-222, online
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Maarten Houttuyn at the IPNI
- About Natuurlyke historie (with some illustrations)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Houttuyn, Maarten |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Houttuyn, Maarten Willem (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch doctor and naturalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1720 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hoorn |
DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1798 |
Place of death | Amsterdam |