Otto Brunfels
Otto Brunfels | |
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Portrait by Hans Baldung, c. 1534 | |
| Born | 1488 near Mainz, Electorate of Mainz |
| Died | 23 November 1534 |
| Education | University of Mainz |
| Church | Lutheran |
| Writings | Catalogi virorum illustrium Herbarum vivae eicones |
Otto Brunfels (also known as Brunsfels or Braunfels) (believed to be born in 1488 – 23 November 1534) was a German theologian and botanist. Carl von Linné listed him among the "Fathers of Botany".