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3 unusual facts about Carolus Clusius


Batthyány

Boldizsár Batthyány (1543 – 1590), baron, well-educated humanist, became Protestant in 1570,protector of the botanist Carolus Clusius

Carolus Clusius

He was the first botanist to climb the Ötscher and the Schneeberg in Lower Austria, which was also the first documented ascent of the latter.

Clusia

The genus Clusia was named in honor of botanist Carolus Clusius.


Bearberry

It was also described by Clusius in 1601, and recommended for medicinal use in 1763 by Gerhard and others.

Christophe Plantin

Besides the polyglot Bible, Plantin published many other works of note, such as editions of St. Augustine and St. Jerome, the botanical works of Dodonaeus, Clusius and Lobelius, and the description of the Netherlands by Guicciardini.


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