Willem Piso

Willem Piso (in Dutch Willem Pies, in Latin Guilielmus Piso or Gulielmi Pisonis, also called Guilherme Piso in Portuguese) (1611 in Leiden – 28 November 1678 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch physician and naturalist who participated as an expedition doctor in Dutch Brazil from 1637 – 1644, sponsored by count Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen and the Dutch West India Company. Piso became one of the founders of tropical medicine. A minor planet, 11240 Piso, and the plant genus Pisonia are named for him.

Willem Piso

Willem Piso (in Dutch Willem Pies, in Latin Guilielmus Piso or Gulielmi Pisonis, also called Guilherme Piso in Portuguese) (1611 in Leiden – 28 November 1678 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch physician and naturalist who participated as an expedition doctor in Dutch Brazil from 1637 – 1644, sponsored by count Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen and the Dutch West India Company. Piso became one of the founders of tropical medicine. A minor planet, 11240 Piso, and the plant genus Pisonia are named for him.