Guy de La Brosse
French botanist and physician (1586-1641) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Guy de La Brosse (1586 – 1641 in Paris), was a French botanist, medical doctor, and pharmacist.[1] A physician to King Louis XIII of France, he is also notable for the creation of a major botanical garden of medicinal herbs, which was commissioned by the king.[2] This garden, the Jardin des Plantes (originally Jardin du Roi) was the first botanical garden in Paris, and the second in France (after the Montpellier garden created in 1593).