Vig Károly: Zoological Research in Western Hungary. A history (Szombathely, 2003)

8 Historical survey *•? Figure 2.1. CAROLUS CLUSIUS (1526-1609), physician, botanist and prefect of the imperial gardens in Vienna (1573-88). In Pannónia, the patronage of BOLDIZSÁR BATTHYÁNY enabled him to do botanical and mycological research that was centuries ahead of its time. (Portrait taken from GALLE, P. 1578. Imagines L. Doctorum vivorum, etc)