BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: university

Fields of interest:

• imperial politics
• exotics
• gardening

Biography:
Protestant aristocrat and military man. Many travels and good knowledge of languages. Studied (law?) in Wittenberg (1551), especialy interested in theology. Afterwards he served in the army of archduke Charles of Inner-Austria against the Ottomans and with his own cavalery in Hungary. In 1572 he travelled to Constantinopel as the imperial ambassador ('gesandt and der Hohen Pforte') and stayed there until 1578. Between 1584 and 1599 he was head of the Hofkriegsrat in the service of emperor Rudolph II.

Owned castles Zonneck and Bleiburg, Karinthie, Austria.

David Ungnad provided Carolus Clusius and others with many plants from Turkey. For example the horse-chestnut in 1576. His wife Eva Ungnad maintained a nice garden in Vienna.

Quoted in: C. Clusius, Rariorum plantarum historia (Antwerp 1601) 5, 11, 131, 161, 218, 219, 224, 230, 263.
-C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 22, 304, 458.

Residence

• Istanbul 1572 - 1578
• Wien  - 1600

Occupation

• administrator  - 1599 - Court of Rudolf II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Wien
• diplomat 1572 - 1578 - Court of Maximilian II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Istanbul

Education

• student 1551 - University of Wittenberg, Wittenberg

Membership

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Provenance

• C. Clusius, Rariorum plantarum historia (Antwerp 1601) 5, 11, 131, 161, 218, 219, 224, 230, 263.
• C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 22, 304, 458.
• E. van Gelder, Tussen hof en keizerskroon. Carolus Clusius en de ontwikkeling van de botanie aan Midden-Europese hoven (1573-1593) (Leiden 2011) 85, 92, passim.
• A. Festus, 'Der Reise des kaiserlichen Gesandten Davis Ungnad nach Konstantinopel im Jahre 1572' (Magisterarbeit Univ. Wien 2007) (http://othes.univie.ac.at/288/).

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• botany
• natural history
• exotics
• medicine

Biography:
N/A

Residence

• Leiden 1593-10-19 - 1609-04-04
• Frankfurt am Main 1588-09-01 - 1593-10-01
• Wien 1573-11-01 - 1588-08-15

Occupation

• botanist 

Education

• student of law  - University of Louvain, Leuven
• student of law  - University of Marburg
• student of law  - University of Wittenberg, Wittenberg
• student of medicine  - Université de Montpellier, Montpellier

Membership

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Provenance

• Bibliografie van Biografieën van biologen, dierkundigen, kruidkundigen, plantkundigen, biohistorici, natuurbeschermers, natuurfotografen, natuurillustratoren, natuurschilders etc. voor 1950 geboren. http://www.natuurcijfers.nl/biografieen.htm

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• exotics

Biography:
Ship-owner, insurer. Offered Carolus Clusius some drawing of the papayatree he brought with him from Brazil. Also illustratons of animals and exotic plants (in 1607).

Quoted in: C. Clusius, Curae Posteriores (Leiden 1611) 78, 79, 88, 89.

Residence

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Occupation

• Sailor 

Education

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Membership

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Provenance

• C. Clusius, Curae Posteriores (Leiden 1611) 78, 79, 88, 89.
• F.W.T. Hunger, Charles de l'Escluse (Carolus Clusius). Nederlandsch kruidkundige, 1526-1609. Vol. I (The Hague 1927) 317.

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• trade
• exotics

Biography:
Merchant. Nephew and 'servant' of Joachim Venerius (Levenier). He was sent by the latter to Constantinopel and the Levant to collect plants and rarities, but possibly also for trade or related things.

Residence

• Bordeaux 
• Istanbul 1603 - 1606

Occupation

• merchant 

Education

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Membership

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Provenance

• F. Egmond, The world of Carolus Clusius: natural history in the making, 1550-1610 (Londen 2010) 125.

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