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Bauhin -- A family of physicians and scientists.


The genus of plants Bauhinia was named after the brothers.





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BIGpedia - Bauhin - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online (74 words)
Bauhin — a family of physicians and scientists.
Jean Bauhin (1511–1582): a French physician, who moved with his family to Basel after conversion to Protestantism.
Johann Bauhin, or Jean Bauhin (1541-1613): Swiss-French botanist.
Gaspard Bauhin at AllExperts (310 words)
Gaspard Bauhin, or Caspar Bauhin (January 17, 1560 – December 5, 1624), was a Swiss botanist.
Gaspard Bauhin introduced binomial nomenclature into taxonomy, which was much later taken up by Linnaeus.
Jean and Gaspard were the sons of Jean Bauhin (1511-1582), a French physician who had to leave his native country on becoming a convert to Protestantism.
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