Births on December 9

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus

Born on December 9, 1652

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (d. 1723)

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (9 December 1652 – 20 December 1723), also known as August Bachmann or A. Q. Bachmann, was a German physician and botanist who helped to develop better ways of classifying plants.

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