Herman Boerhaave: Dutch botanist, chemist, humanist, and physician (1668–1738)
Herman Boerhaave (1 December 1668 – 23 September 1738) 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," along with Venetian physician Santorio Santorio (1561–1636).
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