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William Turner
English botanist
John Gerard, detail of an engraving, 1636
John Gerard
English herbalist and author
botanical illustration
Pedanius Dioscorides
Greek physician
Rembert Dodoens
Flemish physician and botanist
Otto Brunfels
German botanist
Cherry tree (Prunus avium), woodcut by David Kandel from De stirpium historia (1552), Latin translation of New Kreuterbuch by Hieronymus Bock
Hieronymus Bock
German scientist
Crateuas
Greek artist and physician