Nicolaas Laurens Burman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Nicolaas Laurens Burman

Dutch botanist

Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1734

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 11-Sep-1793

Profession: university teacher, botanist

Nationality: Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Nicolaas Laurens Burman

  • Nicolaas Laurens Burman (27 December 1734 – 11 September 1793) was a Dutch botanist.
  • He was the son of Johannes Burman (1707–1780).
  • He succeeded his father to the chair of botany at the Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam., and at the Hortus Botanicus.
  • He continued the correspondence with Carl Linnaeus, joining him at the University of Uppsala in 1760.
  • He is the author of numerous works including Specimen botanicum de geraniis (1759) and Flora Indica (1768) which was later completed by Johann Gerhard Koenig (1728–1785).

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