Conrad Gessner Scientist

Conrad Gessner (also Konrad Gesner, Conrad Geßner, Conrad von Gesner, Conradus Gesnerus, Conrad Gesner; 26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) was a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. He was well known as a botanist, physician and classical linguist. His five-volume Historiae animalium (1551–1558) is considered the beginning of modern zoology, and the flowering plant genus Gesneria and its family Gesneriaceae are named after him. A genus of moths is also named Gesneria after him. He is denoted by the author abbreviation Gesner when citing a botanical name.

Personal facts

Birth date	March 26, 1516
Birth place	Old Swiss Confederacy , Zürich
Nationality	Swiss people
Date of death	December 13, 1565
Place of death	Old Swiss Confederacy , Zürich
Education	University of Strasbourg University of Bourges