Mar 22, 2022 · Conrad Gesner, Conrad also spelled Konrad, Gesner also spelled Gessner, (born March 26, 1516, Zürich, Swiss Confederation [Switzerland]—died December 13, 1565, Zürich), Swiss physician and naturalist best known for his systematic compilations of information on animals and plants. Education and career

In addition, Gesner wrote voluminously about plants, although most of his botanical works were published posthumously. His magnum opus, however, was the Historia animalium ("Accounts of Animals"), published at Zürich in 1551–1558, a 4,500-page encyclopedia of animals, now regarded as the starting point of modern zoology.

CONRAD GESSNER’S LIFE AND ZOOLOGY 2 Early Life (1 -20) Conrad Gessner was a Swiss naturalist, physician, philologist and bibliographer. Gessner was born on March 26, 1516, in Zurich, Switzerland. He was born into a poor family, his father, Urs, was an indigent furrier, and his mother, Agathe Frick, did not have a notable job.

The Swiss naturalist Konrad von Gesner (1516-1565) wrote "Historia animalium," which is considered the basis of modern zoology. Konrad von Gesner was born on March 26, 1516, in Zurich. The man who was to become known as the German Pliny and to be ennobled by the Hapsburg emperor Ferdinand I began his life inauspiciously.