Simon Syrenius
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simon Syrenius (Polish: Szymon Syreński) (1540 — 1611) was a pre-Linnean Polish botanist and academic. A native of Oświęcim, he taught at the Jagiellonian University. Anna Vasa served as his patron, and with her help, Syrenius published a botanic atlas in five volumes consisting of 1,540 pages describing 765 plants.
[edit] External links
- (Polish) Szymon Syreński