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Hi C-H's,
Dewi asked about :
Nikolaus von Jacquin, a Dutch physician......

>Are you sure it is Dutch and not Deutsch? The name sounds way too German to
>be Dutch.

Just what I thought when I transcribed it. He was a bit of a mixture:

Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727-1817)

Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin was the son of a textile and velvet 
manufacturer in Leiden, Holland. He first studied medicine in Leiden, 
moving later to Paris and subsequently came to Vienna at the 
invitation of the Imperial Court doctor Gerard van Swieten. He 
participated in the first scientific expeditions to Central America, 
financed by the Imperial Court, and returned with extensive animal, 
seed, coin and ethnological samples as well as live animals and 
plants, along with minerals.

In 1762, Jacquin took over the Chair for Minerals and Mining at the 
newly-established Mining Academy in Schemnitz. In 1768 he was 
appointed Professor of Botany and Chemistry and became the Director 
of the Botanical Gardens of the University of Vienna. In 1809, he was 
also Rector of the University of Vienna.
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                      Regards,               Cameron.

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