Nicolas Joseph Jacquin ( 1727 - 1817 )

Birth: Leyden, Netherlands (16 February 1727) Death: Vienna, Austria (24 or 26 October 1817) Profession: Physician Research Field: Botany, chemistry Education: MD (Leyden) Career: Practised as a doctor in Vienna (from 1752); sent on expedition to West Indies to collect plants, by Francis I (1754-1759); Professor of Chemistry, Mining and Metallurgy, Berg Akademie, Schemnitz; Professor of Chemistry and Botany, University of Vienna; Director of the Botanical Gardens and Schonbrun Gardens, Vienna; retired 1797 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 3/04/1788.