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John Gerard, detail of an engraving, 1636
John Gerard
English herbalist and author
botanical illustration
Pedanius Dioscorides
Greek physician
William Turner
English botanist
Rembert Dodoens
Flemish physician and botanist
Cherry tree (Prunus avium), woodcut by David Kandel from De stirpium historia (1552), Latin translation of New Kreuterbuch by Hieronymus Bock
Hieronymus Bock
German scientist
Otto Brunfels
German botanist
Crateuas
Greek artist and physician