Carolus Clusius

Carolus Clusius
Carolus Clusius 1585
Born	19 February 1526 Arras
Died	4 April 1609(1609-04-04) (aged 83) Leiden
Nationality	Artois
Alma mater	University of Montpellier
Known for	Treatises on plants, national flora
Scientific career
Fields	Botany, horticulture
Institutions	University of Leiden, Hortus Botanicus Leiden
Author abbrev. (botany)	Clus.

Charles de l'Écluse, L'Escluse, or Carolus Clusius (19 February 1526 – 4 April 1609), seigneur de Watènes, was an Artois doctor and pioneering botanist, perhaps the most influential of all 16th-century scientific horticulturists.