Leonhard Rauwolf
German botanist and writer
Died when: 61 years 86 days (734 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Leonhard Rauwolf (also spelled Leonhart Rauwolff) (21 June 1535 – 15 September 1596) was a German physician, botanist, and traveller.His main notability arises from a trip he made through the Levant and Mesopotamia in 1573–75.
The motive of the trip was to search for herbal medicine supplies.Shortly after he returned, he published a set of new botanical descriptions with an herbarium.
Later he published a general travel narrative about his visit.
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