Paul Hermann
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Paul Hermann (1646—1695), German born Dutch botanist. Born in Halle (Germany), son of Johann Hermann, a well-known organist, and Maria Magdalena Röber, a clergyman's daughter. Went to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) for the Dutch East India Company from 1672—1677. Made a scientific collection of plant specimens and other organisms on the island. After his return to Europe, Hermann took up the Chair of Botany at the University of Leiden in 1679 where he spent the rest of his life.
His works were published mostly posthumously. His Paradisus batavus, a description of the Leyden university botanical garden, was published three years after his death in 1698. William Sherard (1659—1728) edited his notes and produced a catalogue published as Musaeum Zeylanicum (1717, 2nd edn.: 1727). Hermann's original collection was used by Carolus Linnaeus when he wrote his Flora Zeylanica (1747) and Species plantarum (1753). After Hermann's collections had passed through many hands, they were eventually purchased by Sir Joseph Banks. Now they are kept at the British Museum (Natural History).
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