François, Franciscus, or Frans Kiggelaer (baptized 4 December 1648, in
Haarlem
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– buried 22 December 1722, in
The Hague
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)
[D. O. Wijnands]
The Botany of the Commelins
A.A. Balekma, Rotterdam, 1983, pp210-11 was a Dutch botanist, apothecary and curator of the garden of Simon van Beaumont in
Leiden
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. In 1690 he published a plant catalogue of this garden under the title "''Horti Beaumontiani: Exoticarum Plantarum Catalogus ...''".
He collaborated with
Frederik Ruysch
Frederik Ruysch (; March 28, 1638 – February 22, 1731) was a Dutch botany, botanist and anatomy, anatomist. He is known for developing techniques for preserving anatomical specimens, which he used to create dioramas or scenes incorporating hum ...
on the first volume of
Jan Commelijn
Jan Commelin (23 April 1629 – 19 January 1692), also known as Jan Commelijn, Johannes Commelin or Johannes Commelinus, was a botanist, and was the son of historian Isaac Commelin; his brother Casparus was a bookseller and newspaper publisher. ...
's "''Horti Medici Amstelodamensis Rariorum''" which appeared in 1697 and dealt mainly with plants from the
East
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Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fa ...
and
West Indies
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. This was an illustrated account, with text in Dutch and Latin, of the plants growing in van Beaumont's garden. Watercolours of 420 plants were prepared during the period 1686–1709 by a number of artists, mainly
Johan Johan
* Johan (given name)
* Johan (film), ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller
* Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group
** Johan (album), ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group
* Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunav ...
and
Maria Moninckx
Maria Moninckx (22 April 1673 (baptised) - 26 February 1757 (buried)) was a Dutch botanical artist and painter, best known for the colour plates she and her father, Jan Moninckx, created and which make up the nine-volume ''Moninckx Atlas''. Th ...
, with minor contributions from Helena Herolt and
Alida Withoos
Alida Withoos (c. 1661/62 – 5 December 1730 (buried)) was a Dutch botanical artist and painter. She was the daughter of the painter Matthias Withoos.
Life
Alida Withoos was born in Amersfoort. With three brothers Johannes, Pieter, Frans, and ...
.
Carl Linnaeus
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named the genus ''
Kiggelaria
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Despite its common name, ''Kiggelaria africana'' is not re ...
'', belonging to
Achariaceae
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, in his honour.
Publications
*''Horti medici amstelodamensis rariorum tam Orientalis :quam Occidentalis Indiæ, aliarumque peregrinarum plantarum, magno studio ac labore, sumptibus Civitatis amstelodamensis, longâ annorum serie collectarum, descriptio et icones ad vivum æri incisæ /auctore Joanne Commelino. Opus posthumum, latinitate donatum, notisque & observationibus illustratum, à Frederico Ruyschio & Francisco Kiggelario''.
References
External links
University of Amsterdam site
1648 births
1722 deaths
17th-century Dutch botanists
18th-century Dutch botanists
Dutch pharmacists
Scientists from Haarlem
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