(Valerius), a learned botanist, was the son of Ericius Cordus, a physician and poet of Germany. Having learnt the languages, he applied himself to the study of botany; in the prosecution of which, he examined the mountains of Germany, and travelled into Italy; but being wounded in the leg by the kick of a horse, died at Rome in 1544. He wrote Remarks on Dioscorides, and other works.