About Joachim Burser
Lived 1583 – 1639 (aged 55–56). Joachim Burser was a German botanist, physician and pharmacist.
Joachim Burser (1583 - 28 August 1639) was a German-Danish botanist, physician and pharmacist. He was professor of medicine and physics at Soro Academy from 1625 and owned Sorø Pharmacy from its reopening in 1639.
Biography Burser was born in Camentz, Lausitz. He studied medicine and botany at several universities, including Basel where he studied under Caspar Bauhin. He then practiced as a physician in Annaberg, Saxony.
He moved to Denmark in 1625 when he was offered a position as professor in medicine and botany at the new Sorø Academy. In January 1639 he was also awarded a royal license to open a pharmacy in Sorø.
Austrian botanist Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin named the genus Bursera after Burser.
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Who was Joachim Burser?
botanist (1583-1639)
When was Joachim Burser born?
Joachim Burser was born in 1583 in Kamenz.
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Joachim Burser died on 28 August 1639 in Sorø.
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Joachim Burser was a botanist, physician and pharmacist.
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Joachim Burser was German.
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