Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin was born on February 16, 1727. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 1727 – 26 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. He travelled to the West Indies as part of an Austrian expedition and collected a large number of botanical specimens and described many species. He served as the first professor of chemistry in the mining academy at Schemnitz in Austria and later worked at the University of Vienna. He was the father of the botanist Joseph Franz von Jacquin.