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Conrad Gessner

Swiss naturalist and bibliographer
Years: 1516 - 1565

Konrad Gessner (Conrad Gessner, Conrad Geßner, Conrad von Gesner, Conradus Gesnerus, Conrad Gesner; 26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) is a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer.

His five-volume Historiae animalium (1551-1558) is considered the beginning of modern zoology, and the flowering plant genus Gesneria (Gesneriaceae) is named after him.

This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Gesner when citing a botanical name.