Herman Boerhaave

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Herman Boerhaave was a pioneering Dutch physician, botanist, and chemist often regarded as the father of clinical teaching and modern academic hospital medicine.

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instanceOf academic administrator
botanist
chemist
human
physician
university teacher
academicDegree doctor of medicine
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic
dateOfBirth 1668-12-31
dateOfDeath 1738-09-23
describedAs father of clinical teaching
father of modern academic hospital medicine
educatedAt University of Leiden
surface form: Leiden University
employer University of Leiden
surface form: Leiden University
ethnicGroup Dutch
familyName Boerhaave
fieldOfWork botany
chemistry
medical education
medicine
givenName Herman
hasOccupation botanist
chemist
medical writer
physician
university professor
influenced Albrecht von Haller
European medical education in the 18th century
Gerard van Swieten
William Cullen
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned Dutch
Latin
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity South Holland
movement Age of Enlightenment
surface form: Enlightenment
name Herman Boerhaave self-link
notableFor development of clinical teaching at the bedside
integration of chemistry into medicine
reform of medical curriculum at Leiden University
systematization of hospital-based medical education
notableWork Aphorismi de cognoscendis et curandis morbis
Elementa chemiae
Historia plantarum
Index plantarum quae in horto academico Lugduno-Batavo reperiuntur
Institutiones medicae
placeOfBirth Voorhout
placeOfDeath Leiden
positionHeld professor of botany at Leiden University
professor of chemistry at Leiden University
professor of medicine at Leiden University
rector magnificus of Leiden University
sexOrGender male
workLocation Leiden

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Leiden hasNotableResident Herman Boerhaave
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University of Harderwijk educated Herman Boerhaave
Pieterskerk, Leiden burialPlaceOf Herman Boerhaave
Harderwijk hasNotablePerson Herman Boerhaave
Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands notableResident Herman Boerhaave
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Boerhaave notableBearer Herman Boerhaave
Elementa chemiae author Herman Boerhaave
Historia plantarum author Herman Boerhaave
Historia plantarum attributedTo Herman Boerhaave
Gerard van Swieten studiedUnder Herman Boerhaave
Gerard van Swieten influencedBy Herman Boerhaave