To what plant did botanist Leonard Fuchs give his name
Leonhart Fuchs to specify what a plant name stands for. The botanical genus "Fuchsia" is named in his honour, and consequently the colour fuchsia. Fuchs was born in 1501 in Wemding in the Duchy of Bavaria. After attending a school in Heilbronn, Fuchs went to the Marienschule in Erfurt, Thuringia at the age of twelve, and graduated as "Baccalaureus artium". In 1524 he became Magister Artium in Ingolstadt, and received a doctor of medicine degree in the same year. From 1524-1526 he practiced as a doctor in Munich, until he received a chair of medicine at Ingolstadt in 1526. From 1528-1531 he
Leonhart Fuchs plant pictures continues to define a standard for botanical illustrators. Fuchs's books on the anatomy of the eye and its diseases were among the standard references on this subject during this period. Historical editions Modern editions Leonhart Fuchs Leonhart Fuchs (17 January 1501 – 10 May 1566), sometimes spelled Leonhard Fuchs, was a German physician and botanist. His chief notability is as the author of a large book about plants and their uses as medicines, i.e. a Herbal Book. It was first published in 1542 in Latin. It has about 500 accurate and detailed drawings of plants, which were printed