Education
Van Royen trained at the University of Leiden and graduated as a medical doctor in 1728 for his thesis Dissertatio botanico-medica de anatome et œconomia plantarum.
Botanist physician university professor
Van Royen trained at the University of Leiden and graduated as a medical doctor in 1728 for his thesis Dissertatio botanico-medica de anatome et œconomia plantarum.
He was a professor at Leiden University and is associated with Carl Linnaeus. He was later appointed professor of botany at the university from 1732–1755 and later professor of medicine (1755–1775). He is best known for his work on flora of Southeast Asia.
Adriaan van Royen formed a close relationship with Linnaeus, who had visited the Leiden Botanic Garden during a stay in Leiden between 1737 and 1738.
The genus Royena L. (= Diospyros section Royena (L) F.White), in the Ebenaceae, and Melastoma royenii Blume.
Sutton, Doctorate.A. are named after him.
Royal Society.
