Christian Hendrik Persoon (
February 1,
1761 -
November 16,
1836) was a
mycologist who made additions to
Linnaeus'
mushroom taxonomy.Persoon was born in
South Africa, of
Dutch and
German descent. His mother died soon after he was born; at the age of thirteen his father (who died a year later) sent him to Europe for his education. Initially studying
theology, Persoon switched to
medicine, and somehow received an honorary PhD in
1799. He moved to
Paris in 1802, where he spent the rest of his life, renting an upper floor of a house in a poor part of town. He was apparently unemployed, unmarried, poverty-stricken and a recluse, although he corresponded with botanists throughout Europe.
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