Conrad Gessner

Conrad Gessner
1516 - 1565
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First Name Conrad
Last Name Gessner
Birthday 26th March, 1516
Birthplace Zürich, Swiss Confederacy
Died 13th December, 1565
Place of Death Zürich, Swiss Confederacy
Buried Grossmünster, Zürich
Zodiac Sign Aries
Nationality Swiss
Occupation Linguist

Conrad Gessner (; 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. He became Zürich'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 a species of plant or animal in Europe, such as the tulip in 1559. A number of plants and animals have been named after him.

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