Otto Brunfels

Otto Brunfels
Portrait by Hans Baldung, c. 1534
Born1488
Died23 November 1534
EducationUniversity of Mainz
ChurchLutheran
WritingsCatalogi virorum illustrium
Herbarum vivae eicones

Otto Brunfels (also known as Brunsfels or Braunfels) (believed to be born in 1488 – 23 November 1534) was a German theologian and botanist. Carl von Linné listed him among the "Fathers of Botany".