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Nicolaus Thomas Host (December 6, 1761 in 
His botanical works include ''Synopsis plantarum in Austria'' and the four-volume ''Austriacorum Icones et descriptions graminum''; he was also the first director of the
Fiume
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, now Rijeka
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– January 13, 1834 in Schönbrunn) was a Croatian botanist
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and the personal physician
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of Holy Roman Emperor
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Francis II.
His botanical works include ''Synopsis plantarum in Austria'' and the four-volume ''Austriacorum Icones et descriptions graminum''; he was also the first director of the botanical garden
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at the Belvedere palace
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.
The genus ''Hosta
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'' is named for him.http://www.cfgphoto.com/articles/hosta.html
References
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