Anselmus de Boodt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anselmus de Boodt

Belgian mineralogist and physician

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1550

Place of Birth: Bruges, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 21-Jun-1632

Profession: naturalist, physician, jurist, geologist, chemist, botanical illustrator, mineralogist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Anselmus de Boodt or Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt (Bruges, 1550 - Bruges, 21 June 1632) was a Flemish humanist, mineralogist, physician and naturalist.
Along with the German known as Georgius Agricola, de Boodt was responsible for establishing modern mineralogy.
De Boodt was an avid mineral collector who travelled widely to various mining regions in Germany, Bohemia and Silesia to collect samples.
His definitive work on the subject was the Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia (1609). De Boodt was also a gifted draughtsman who made many natural history illustrations and developed a natural history taxonomy.