1501–1566 German botanist distinguished for the innovative use of woodcut illustrations in his herbal of medicinal plants.
Keywords: botany; herbals; scientific illustration; Konrad Gesner
Fuchs, Leonhart
K Galle, Imperial College, London, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002523
| Further Reading | |
| Durling R (1989) Leonhart Fuchs and his commentaries on Galen. Medizinhistorisches Journal 24: 42–47. | |
| book Fuchs L (1566–1567) Operum Leonharti Fuchsii (3 vols). Frankfurt: Martin Lechler. | |
| Heller J and Meyer F (1983) Conrad Gesner to Leonhart Fuchs, October 18, 1556. Huntia 5: 61–75. | |
| Kusukawa S (1997) Leonhart Fuchs on the importance of pictures. Journal of the History of Ideas 58: 403–427. | |
| book Meyer FG (1999) The Great Herbal of Leonhart Fuchs. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. | |
| Sprague T and Nelmes E (1931) The herbal of Leonhart Fuchs. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 48: 545–642. | |
| book Stübler E (1928) Leonhart Fuchs: Leben und Werk. Munich: Verlag der Münchner Drucke. | |
