Leonhard Rauwolf

1535 - 1596

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Pseudonym: Dasylicos

Country of citizenship: Germany

Languages spoken, written or signed: German

Educated at: Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier

Occupation: botanist, naturalist, explorer, physician

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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. Source: Wikipedia (en)