Nicolaas Laurens Burman

Nicolaas Laurens Burman (* December 27, 1734 in Amsterdam, † September 11, 1793 ) was a Dutch botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Burm.f. ".

Life and work

Nicolaas Laurens Burman was the son of the botanist Johannes Burman and his wife Adriana van Buuren. In 1751 he began his studies in Leiden, which he finished in 1759 with a thesis on the genus Geranium. The following year he went to Uppsala at Linnaeus continue his studies. Beginning of 1768 appeared with Flora Indica his most important work; In the same year he was elected a member of the Leopoldina. In 1769 he succeeded his father as professor at the " Atheneum " ( a secondary school ) in Amsterdam.

Writings

• Specimen botanicum de geraniis, quod favente summo Numine ex auctoritate magnifici rectoris, Jo. Nic. Seb. Allamand, ... nec non amplissimi senatus academici consensu, & nobilissimae facultatis medicae Decree, pro gradu doctoratus ... eruditorum examini subjicit Nicolaus Lawrence Burmannus. Leiden 1759 - dissertation Kasimir Christoph Schmidel
• Flora Corsica. In: Nova Acta Physico - Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino - Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum Volume 4, 1770
• Pharmacopoea Amstelodamensis Nova. Amsterdam 1792 (number of employees )

Evidence

• Jacques Alexandre de Chalmot: Biographical Dictionary of the Netherlands: van de oudste tijden af heden dead toe; met pour trai kill. Allart: Amsterdam 1798-1800
• Abraham Jacob van der Aa: Biographical Dictionary of the Netherlands: bevattende levensbeschrijvingen van zoodanige people who zich op eenigerlei wijze in ons vader country hebben vermaard gemaakt. Van Brederode: Haarlem 1852-1878
• Molhuysen: Nieuw Nederlandsch Biographical Woordenboek. ( NNBW ) vol 1 p 4, (Online, Dutch )