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Conrad Gessner (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ s n ər /; Latin: Conradus Gesnerus 26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) was a Swiss physician, naturalist, bibliographer, and philologist.Born into a poor family in Zürich, Switzerland, his father and teachers quickly realised his talents and supported him through university, where he studied classical languages, theology and medicine.
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Mar 22, 2024 · Conrad Gesner (born March 26, 1516, Zürich, Swiss Confederation [Switzerland]—died December 13, 1565, Zürich) was a Swiss physician and naturalist best known for his systematic compilations of information on animals and plants. Education and career
GESSNER, CONRAD (also Konrad Gesner, 1516 – 1565) GESSNER, CONRAD (also Konrad Gesner, 1516 – 1565), polymath, philologist, theologian, naturalist, and town physician of Zurich from 1554. Gessner was born in 1516 into a family originally from Nuremberg.
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Mar 26, 2024 · Conrad Gessner, a Swiss naturalist, was born Mar. 26, 1516. Gessner was the most distinguished naturalist of the late Renaissance, a contemporary of, but also an inspiration for, Pierre Belon, Guillaume Rondelet, and Ulisse Aldrovandi. He was close to being an armchair naturalist, in that he primarily worked from his study and acquired his ...
Historia animalium ("History of the Animals"), published in Zurich in 1551–1558 and 1587, is an encyclopedic "inventory of renaissance zoology" by Conrad Gessner (1516–1565). Gessner was a medical doctor and professor at the Carolinum in Zürich, the precursor of the University of Zurich.
Conrad Gessner was a Swiss physician, naturalist, bibliographer, and philologist. Born into a poor family in Zürich, Switzerland, his father and teachers quickly realised his talents and supported him through university, where he studied classical languages, theology and medicine. He became Zürich's city physician, but was able to spend much of his time on collecting, research and writing ...
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