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Conrad Gessner

1516 - 1565

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Conrad Gessner is the 33rd most popular biologist (down from 24th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 26th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Biologist.

Conrad Gessner is most famous for his book Historia Animalium, which was the first major work on zoology. He was also a physician and botanist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Conrad Gessner ranks 33 out of 1,097. Before him are Thomas Henry Huxley, John Sulston, Richard Dawkins, Luc Montagnier, Maria Sibylla Merian, and Albrecht Kossel. After him are Francis Crick, George Smith, Trofim Lysenko, Barbara McClintock, John Edward Gray, and Rachel Carson.

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Among people born in 1516, Conrad Gessner ranks 2. Before him is Mary I of England. After him are Bayinnaung, Margaret Leijonhufvud, Tabinshwehti, Hieronymus Wolf, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Söyembikä of Kazan, André Thevet, Cristóvão da Gama, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and Realdo Colombo. Among people deceased in 1565, Conrad Gessner ranks 2. Before him is Pope Pius IV. After him are Dragut, Lodovico Ferrari, Queen Munjeong, Cipriano de Rore, William Farel, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Ranuccio Farnese, Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Semiz Ali Pasha, and Lucia Anguissola.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Conrad Gessner ranks 28 out of 1,015. Before him are Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1945), Albert I of Germany (1255), Johanna Spyri (1827), Alberto Giacometti (1901), Heinrich Rohrer (1933), and Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921). After him are Bruno Ganz (1941), Arnold Böcklin (1827), Albert Hofmann (1906), Jacob Burckhardt (1818), Emil Theodor Kocher (1841), and Joan Gamper (1877).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Switzerland

Among biologists born in Switzerland, Conrad Gessner ranks 1. After him are Daniel Bovet (1907), Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778), Werner Arber (1929), Carl Nägeli (1817), Gaspard Bauhin (1560), Louis Agassiz (1807), Alexander Agassiz (1835), Charles Bonnet (1720), Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742), Albert von Kölliker (1817), and Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818).

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