Albrecht von Haller

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Albrecht von Haller was an 18th-century Swiss polymath—physiologist, anatomist, poet, and scholar—whose scientific and literary work made him a central figure of the German Enlightenment.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Enlightenment scholar
anatomist
botanist
human
physiologist
poet
polymath
countryOfCitizenship Old Swiss Confederacy
dateOfBirth 1708-10-16
dateOfDeath 1777-12-12
educatedAt University of Leiden
University of Tübingen NERFINISHED
employer University of Göttingen NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Swiss
familyName von Haller
fieldOfWork anatomy
bibliography
botany
natural history
pharmacology
physiology
poetry
theology
genre didactic poetry
religious poetry
scientific literature
givenName Albrecht
influenced development of experimental physiology
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned German
Latin
memberOf Académie des Sciences
Prussian Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
movement German Enlightenment
nativeLanguage German
notableIdea the concept of irritability in muscle and nerve tissue
notableWork Bibliotheca Anatomica
Bibliotheca Chirurgica
Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae
Die Alpen
Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani
Poemata
placeOfBirth Bern
placeOfDeath Bern
positionHeld director of the botanical garden at Göttingen
member of the city council of Bern
professor of botany at the University of Göttingen
professor of medicine at the University of Göttingen
sexOrGender male
workLocation Bern
Göttingen

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