Joachim Burser

Burser was born in Camentz, Lausitz. He studied medicine and botany at several universities, including Basel where he studied under Caspar Bauhin. He then practiced as a physician in Annaberg, Saxony.^[1]

He moved to Denmark in 1625 when he was offered a position as professor in medicine and botany at the new Sorø Academy. In January 1639 he was also awarded a royal license to open a pharmacy in Sorø.^[1]

Burser is mainly remembered for his contributions as a botanist. He left a herbarium in 25 volumes. Corfitz Ulfeldt brought it with him to Sweden where it is now kept in Uppsala University's Museum of Botany.^[1]

Burser's Pharmacy Garden has been recreated at Sorø Museum. It opened to visitors on 3 June 2006.^[2]

Austrian botanist Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin named the genus Bursera after Burser.