Conrad Gessner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Conrad Gessner

Swiss naturalist

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1516

Place of Birth: Zürich, canton of Zürich, Switzerland

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1565

Profession: writer, physician, zoologist, beekeeper, biologist, ornithologist, university teacher, botanist, mountaineer, bibliographer, linguist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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.