August Quirinus Rivinus ( 1652 - 1723 )

Birth: Leipzig, Germany (09 December 1652) Death: Leipzig, Germany (30 December 1723) Profession: Physician Research Field: Botany Education: Leipzig; MB (1671); Helmstedt; MD (1676) Career: Practised in Leipzig; Lecturer in Medicine, Leipzig (1677); Professor of Physiology and Botany, Leipzig (1691), Professor of Pathology (1701), Professor of Therapeutics and Dean of Medicine (1719); invented a system of plant classification and binomial nomenclature; died of pleurisy Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/11/1703.