Leonhard Rauwolf
German physician and botanist
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Leonhard Rauwolf was a German physician, botanist, and traveller. His main notability arises from a trip he made through the Levant and Mesopotamia in 1573–75. The motive of the trip was to search for herbal medicine supplies. Wikipedia
Born: June 21, 1535, Augsburg, Germany
Died: September 15, 1596 (age 61 years), Vác, Hungary
Known for: Travel in the Levant