Karl von Zois

Karl von Zois zu Laibach (18 November 1756 – 29 October 1799) was a Carniolan amateur botanist and plant collector.^[1] He is best known today as the namesake of zoysiagrass,^[2] which was named by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in 1801.^[1] The bellflower Campanula zoysii is also named after him.^[3]

Born(1756-11-18)November 18, 1756

Ljubljana, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire

DiedOctober 29, 1799(1799-10-29) (aged 42)

Trieste, Holy Roman Empire

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Karl von Zois
Born	(1756-11-18)November 18, 1756 Ljubljana, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died	October 29, 1799(1799-10-29) (aged 42) Trieste, Holy Roman Empire
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Karl von Zois was born in Ljubljana and baptized Carolus Philippus Eugenius Zoiss.^[4] The Zois family was of Lombard origin; Karl's father was Michelangelo Zois (1694–1777), a merchant who married a Carniolan noblewoman, and was nobilitated in 1739. The family was based in Ljubljana (German: Laibach). His brother was the natural scientist and patron of the arts Sigmund Zois.