Felix Plater, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Felix Plater

Swiss physician

Date of Birth: 28-Oct-1536

Place of Birth: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Date of Death: 28-Jul-1614

Profession: physician, psychiatrist, physician writer, university teacher, botanist, pathologist, academic, anatomist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Felix Plater (or Platter ; German: ['plat?]; October 28, 1536 – July 28, 1614) was a Swiss physician, professor in Basel, well known for his classification of psychiatric diseases, and was also the first to describe an intracranial tumour (a meningioma).
He was born and died in Basel.