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Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner 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…
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science · Swiss physician, bibliographer and naturalist (1516–1565) · linguist · zoologist · mountaineer · physician · bibliographer · university teacher · biologist · botanist · ornithologist · beekeeper · also Conrad Gessner, Konrad von Gesner, Gessner
Born 26 March 1516 · Died 13 December 1565 · Q60116
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2020· 1 entry
insider.si.edu: Conrad Gessner's private library / by Urs B. Leu, Raffael Keller and Sandra Weidmann
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2016· 1 entry
Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015” in The Lancet — cited 5,711 times.
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2010· 1 entry
Published “Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity” in Nature — cited 6,329 times.
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2006· 1 entry
Published “Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges” in Biological Reviews — cited 7,194 times.
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1989· 1 entry
“Do Women Have To Be Naked To Get Into the Met. Museum?”
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1966· 1 entry
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of his death
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1917· 1 entry
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
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1865· 1 entry
“Emancipation—Black and White”
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1565· 1 entry
Died 1565-12-13.
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1557· 1 entry
Career landmark: professor (1557–1565).
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1537· 1 entry
Career landmark: professor (1537–1540).
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1516· 1 entry
Born 1516-03-26.
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