Augustus Quirinus Rivinus

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus also known as August Bachmann (December 9, 1652 – December 20, 1723) was a German physician and botanist. He was born in Leipzig, Germany, and studied at the University of Leipzig (1669–1671), continued his studies in the University of Helmstedt (where he received M.D. in 1676). In 1677, he started lecturing in medicine at the University of Leipzig, in 1691 appointed to two chairs, that of physiology and of botany, and m... more

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus also known as August Bachmann (December 9, 1652 – December 20, 1723) was a German physician and botanist. He was born in Leipzig, Germany, and studied at the University of Leipzig (1669–1671), continued his studies in the University of Helmstedt (where he received M.D. in 1676). In 1677, he started lecturing in medicine at the University of Leipzig, in 1691 appointed to two chairs, that of physiology and of botany, and made the curator of the University medical garden. In 1701, he became professor of pathology, in 1719, professor of therapeutics and permanent dean of the Faculty of Medicine. The same year he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. Being interested also in astronomy, by the end of his life (around 1713), he nearly completely blinded himself by looking at sunspots. He died in Leipzig. In his Introductio generalis in rem herbariam and three books on the plant orders (which comprised but a small part of the whole projected work on a methodical... less