Paul Amman

Paul Amman (31 August 1634 – 4 February 1691) was a German physician and botanist.

In 1662 he received the degree of doctor of physic from the university of Leipzig, and in 1664 was admitted a member of the society Naturae Curiosorum, under the name of Dryander.

Shortly afterwards he was chosen extraordinary professor of medicine in the above-mentioned university; and in 1674 he was promoted to the botanical chair, which he again in 1682 exchanged for the physiological.

He seems to have been a man of critical mind and extensive learning.

[1] William Houstoun named the species Ammannia in his honor, a name that was used by Linnaeus in his Critica Botanica.