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Conrad Gessner
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Swiss physician, bibliographer and naturalist (1516–1565)
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Conrad Gessner was a Swiss linguist, zoologist, mountaineer, and physician born in Zurich in 1516. He studied at the University of Strasbourg, the University of Bourges, and the Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier. Gessner worked as a professor at the University of Zurich and the University of Lausanne, contributing to the field of botany. He wrote in Latin and produced notable works such as *Bibliotheca universalis*.
He died in Zurich in 1565 from the plague, with natural causes recorded as the manner of death. Gessner is buried at Grossmünster. His works are held in collections including the Minneapolis Institute of Art. He used several pseudonyms, including Philiatrus Evonymus and Conradus Bolovesus. Other significant writings include *Tesauro di Euonomo Filatro de rimedi secreti* and *De plantis a' divis sanctis' ve nomen habentibvs*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1516
- Died
- 1565
- Works
- 61
Top works
- A new booke of destillatyon of waters, called the treasure of Evonymvs, containing the wonderful hid secrets of nature, touching the most apt formes to prepare & destill medicines, for the conseruation of helth
- Fischbuch, das ist, Ein kurtze, doch vollkommne Beschreybung aller Fischen so in dem Meer und süssen Wasseren, Seen, Flüssen, oder anderen Bächen ir Wonung habend
- Tesauro di Euonomo Filatro [pseud.] de rimedi secreti
- De plantis a' divis sanctis' ve nomen habentibvs
- Sancti Justini philosophi et martyris opera
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Zurich
- Place of death
- Zurich
- Occupation
- naturalist
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier
- Employer
- University of Lausanne
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Notable work
- Bibliotheca universalis
- Field of work
- botany
- Sport
- mountaineering
- Image
- Conrad Gesner by Tobias Stimmer2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Conrad Gesner
- date of birth
- 1516-03-26
- date of death
- 1565-12-13
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- plague
- place of burial
- Grossmünster
- pseudonym
- Jakob Carronus
- Commons Creator page
- Conrad Gesner
- short name
- Conrad Gessner
- name in native language
- Conrad Gessner
- start of work period
- 1531-01-01
- end of work period
- 1565-01-01
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P12749
- Rivaz
- significant person
- Huldrych Zwingli
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Zurich
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Encyclopedic overview
Conrad Gessner (/ˈɡɛsnər/; Latin: Conradus Gesnerus; 26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) was a Swiss physician, naturalist, bibliographer, and philologist. Born into a poor family in Zurich, Switzerland, his father and teachers quickly realised his talents and supported him through university, where he studied classical languages, theology and medicine. He became Zurich's city physician, but was able to spend much of his time on collecting, research and writing. Gessner compiled monumental works on bibliography (Bibliotheca universalis 1545–1549) and zoology (Historia animalium 1551–1558) and was working on a major botanical text at the time of his death from plague at the age of 49. He is regarded as the father of modern scientific bibliography, zoology and botany. He was frequently the first to describe species of plants or animals in Europe, such as the tulip in 1559. A number of plants and animals have been named after him.
Life
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