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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| instanceOf |
Enlightenment scholar
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anatomist → botanist → human → physiologist → poet → polymath → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Old Swiss Confederacy
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| dateOfBirth |
1708-10-16
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| dateOfDeath |
1777-12-12
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| educatedAt |
University of Leiden
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University of Tübingen NERFINISHED → |
| employer |
University of Göttingen
NERFINISHED
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| ethnicGroup |
Swiss
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| familyName |
von Haller
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| fieldOfWork |
anatomy
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bibliography → botany → natural history → pharmacology → physiology → poetry → theology → |
| genre |
didactic poetry
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religious poetry → scientific literature → |
| givenName |
Albrecht
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| influenced |
development of experimental physiology
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| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned |
German
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Latin → |
| memberOf |
Académie des Sciences
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Prussian Academy of Sciences → Royal Society → |
| movement |
German Enlightenment
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| nativeLanguage |
German
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| notableIdea |
the concept of irritability in muscle and nerve tissue
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| notableWork |
Bibliotheca Anatomica
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Bibliotheca Chirurgica → Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae → Die Alpen → Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani → Poemata → |
| placeOfBirth |
Bern
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| placeOfDeath |
Bern
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| positionHeld |
director of the botanical garden at Göttingen
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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
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| workLocation |
Bern
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Göttingen → |
Referenced by (3)
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German Enlightenment
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Herman Boerhaave
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influenced |
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Deutsche Aufklärung
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