Herman Boerhaave was a Dutch botanist, chemist, Christian humanist, and physician of European fame. He is regarded as the founder of clinical teaching and of the modern academic hospital and is sometimes referred to as "the father of physiology,"... Wikipedia
Born: December 31, 1668, Voorhout, Netherlands
Died: September 23, 1738 (age 69 years), Leiden, Netherlands
Education: University of Harderwijk, Universiteit Leiden, and Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden Athena
Children: Johanna Maria Boerhaave
Parents: Jacobus Boerhaave and Hagar Daelder