Dutch botanist.
Johannes Burman (26 April 1707 in Amsterdam – 20 February 1780), was a Dutch botanist and physician. Burman specialized in plants from Ceylon, Amboina and Cape Colony. The name Pelargonium was introduced by Johannes Burman. Johannes Burman was the eldest son of the theologian Frans Burman (1671–1719) and his wife Elizabeth Thierens. His brother was the theologian Frans Burman (1708–1793). He started his studies in Leiden in 1722 under Herman Boerhaave, and qualified in 1728 as a doctor of medicine, after which he practised in Amsterdam. After the death of Frederik Ruysch he was appointed Profe