LEONHARD See also:

• FUCHS, JOHANN NEPOMUK VON (1774-1856)
• LEONHARD FUCHS (15o1-1566)

FUCHS (15o1-1566)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German physician and botanist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Wembdingen in See also:

• BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria on the 17th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 15o1 . He attended school at See also:

• HEILBRONN

Heilbronn and See also:

• ERFURT

Erfurt, and in 1521 graduated at the university of See also:

• INGOLSTADT

Ingolstadt . About the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he espoused the doctrines of the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation . Having in 1524 received his diploma as See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine, he practised for two years in See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich . He became in 1526 See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of medicine at Ingolstadt, and in 1528 physician to the See also:

• MARGRAVE (Ger. Markgraf)

margrave of Anspach . In Anspach he was the means of saving the lives of many during the epidemic locally known as the " See also:

• ENGLISH

English sweating-sickness." By the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• WURTTEMBERG

Wurttemberg he was, in 1535, appointed to the professorship of medicine at the university of See also:

• TUBINGEN

Tubingen, a See also:

• POST

post held by him till his See also:

• DEATH

death on the loth of May 1566 . See also:

• FUCHS, JOHANN NEPOMUK VON (1774-1856)
• FUCHS, LEONHARD (15o1-1566)

Fuchs was an See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate of the Galenic school of medicine, and published several Latin See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations of See also:

• TREATISES

treatises by its founder and by See also:

• HIPPOCRATES

Hippocrates . But his most important publication was De historia stirpium See also:

• COMMENTARII (Lat. = Gr. broµvijµara)

commentarii insignes (See also:

• BASEL (Fr. Bale)
• BASEL (Fr. Belle, but Basle is a wholly erroneous form; Ital. Basilea)
• BASEL, CONFESSION OF
• BASEL, COUNCIL OF

Basel, 1542), a See also:

• WORK

work illustrated with more than five See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred excellent outline illustrations, including figures of the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• FOXGLOVE

foxglove and ofanother See also:

• SPECIES

species of the genus See also:

• DIGITALIS

Digitalis, which was so named by him .