David de Gorter ( 1717 - 1783 )

Birth: Enkhuizen, Netherlands (30 April 1717) Death: Zutphen, Netherlands (1783) Profession: Physician Research Field: Botany Education: University of Harderwyk, MD (1734) Career: Lecturer on medicine (1742) and Ordinary Professor of Medical Botany (1746), Harderwyk; Physician to Empress Elizabeth of Russia (by 1754) and stayed in St Petersburg (until 1761); his herbarium was presented to the University of Harderwyk after his death Membership: Fellow Election Date: 21/02/1760.