Johannes Burman

Johannes Burman ( born April 26, 1706 Amsterdam, † January 20, 1779 ) was a Dutch physician and botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Burm. ".

Life and work

Johannes Burman is the eldest son of the theologian Frans Burman (1671-1719) and his wife Elizabeth Thierens. His brother is the theologian Frans Burman ( 1708-1793 ).

He began his studies in 1722 in Leiden at Herman Boerhaave, which he finished in 1728 as a doctor of medicine. He then practiced as a physician in Amsterdam. After the death of Frederik Ruysch he became professor of botany in Amsterdam and led the Hortus Botanicus Amstelodamensis.

Carl Linnaeus examined him in 1735 during his stay in Holland with a letter of recommendation from Herman Boerhaave. Burman was impressed by the young man and offered him accommodation in his house at what Linnaeus gratefully accepted. In 1740 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina.

Johannes Burman was married to Adriana van Buuren. Their son Nicolaas Laurens Burman was also a botanist and studied under Linnaeus in Uppsala.

Ehrentaxon

Carl Linnaeus named in his honor, the genus of the plant family Burmannia the Burmanniaceae.

Works

  • Thesaurus zeylanicus: exhibens plantas in insula Zeylana Nascentes, inter quas plurimae novae species & genera inveniuntur, omnia iconibus illustrata, ac descripta. (Amsterdam, 1737)
  • Rariorum Africanarum Plantarum, ad vivum delineatarum, iconibus ac descriptionibus illustratarum. (Amsterdam, 1738-1739 )
  • Herbarium amboinense: plurimas conplectens arbores, frutices, Herbas, plantas terrestres & aquaticas, quae in Amboina et adjacentibus reperiuntur insulis adcuratissime descriptas iuxta earum formas, cum diuersis denominationibus cultura, usu, ac virtutibus, quod & insuper exhibet varia insectorum animaliumque genera, Plurima cum naturalibus eorum figuris depicta / omnia magno labore ac studio multos per annos conlegit. - Georg Eberhard Rumphius translation of 'work into Latin (Amsterdam, 6 volumes, 1741-1750 )
  • Plantarum americanarum fasciculus primus [- Decimus ]: continens plantas, quas olim Carolus Plumierius, botanicorum princeps detexit eruitque, atque in insulis Antillis ipse depinxit / Has primum in lucem edidit, concinnisdescriptionibus, & observationibus, aeneisque tabulis illustravit Joannes Burmannus. (Amsterdam, 1755-1760 )
  • Flora Malabarica, sive Index in omnes tomos Horti Malabaricii. (Amsterdam, 1769)

Swell

  • Johann Christoph Adelung, Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund, Otto Günther: General scholar - Lexicon: Continuation and additions to Christian Gottlieb Jöchers general scholar - Lexico, which the writers of all levels are described according to their noblest life circumstances and writings. Leipzig, 1784-1897 - 7 volumes
  • Abraham Jacob van der Aa: Biographical Woordenboek der Nederlanden. Publisher J. J. van Brederode, Haarlem 1855, Vol 2, part 2, page 1604 ( Online)
  • P. C. Molhuysen: BURMAN (John ). In: Nieuw Nederlandsch Biographical Woordenboek, Deel 4 Edited by Petrus Johannes Blok and Philip Christiaan Molhuysen, Leiden 1918, pp. 353-356 (online at Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis or Digital Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren ).
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