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    Conrad Gessner (/ˈɡɛsnər/; Latin: Conradus Gesnerus 26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) was a Swiss physician, naturalist, bibliographer, and philologist...
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    is an encyclopedic "inventory of renaissance zoology" by Conrad Gessner (1516–1565). Gessner was a medical doctor and professor at the Carolinum in Zürich...
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  • Gessner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Conrad Gessner (1516–1565), Swiss naturalist, bibliographer, botanist, physician and classical...
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    first botanical garden base on Conrad Gessner's (1516–1565) private herbarium. A Gessner descendant, Johannes Gessner (1709–1790) who was a physician...
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    an extensive botanical encyclopedia by the Swiss natural scientist, Conrad Gessner (1516 – 1565). Although compiled between 1555 and 1565, it was not published...
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  • Bibliotheca universalis (category Books by Conrad Gessner)
    Hebrew. It listed 10,000 titles by 1,800 authors. The Swiss scholar Conrad Gessner started to compile his extensive work on Bibliotheca universalis at...
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    specifically brown adipose tissue—was first identified by the Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner in 1551. In humans, adipose tissue is located: beneath the skin (subcutaneous...
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    Paracelsus Girolamo Savonarola Taccola Giorgio Vasari Andreas Vesalius Conrad Gessner List of Renaissance structures Index of Renaissance articles "CATHOLIC...
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    source of knowledge until zoologists in the sixteenth century, such as Conrad Gessner, all influenced by Aristotle, wrote their own studies of the subject...
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    word for a Eurasian coot. The name was used by the Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner in 1555. The type species is the Eurasian coot. A group of coots are...
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