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Gessner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Conrad Gessner (1516–1565), Swiss naturalist, bibliographer, botanist, physician and classical linguist *David Gessner (born 1961), American essayist, memoirist, nature writer, editor, and cartoonist *Johannes Gessner (1709–1790), Swiss mathematician, physicist, botanist, mineralogist and physician *Nicolas Gessner (born 1931), film director *Salomon Gessner (1730–1788), poet and painter See also *Gesner Gesner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Abraham Pineo Gesner (1797–1864), Canadian physician and geologist *Alonzo Gesner (1842–1912), American politician and surveyor in Oregon *Conrad Gesner (1516–1565), Swiss natural ... {{surname, Gessner German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Gessner
Conrad Gessner (; la, Conradus Gesnerus 26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) was a Swiss physician, naturalist, bibliographer, and philologist. Born into a poor family in Zürich, Switzerland, his father and teachers quickly realised his talents and supported him through university, where he studied classical languages, theology and medicine. He became Zürich's city physician, but was able to spend much of his time on collecting, research and writing. Gessner compiled monumental works on bibliography (''Bibliotheca universalis'' 1545–1549) and zoology (''Historia animalium'' 1551–1558) and was working on a major botanical text at the time of his death from plague at the age of 49. He is regarded as the father of modern scientific bibliography, zoology and botany. He was frequently the first to describe species of plants or animals in Europe, such as the tulip in 1559. A number of plants and animals have been named after him. Life Conrad Gessner was born on 26 March 1516, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gessner
David Gessner is an American essayist, memoirist, nature writer, editor, and cartoonist. Gessner was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard College where he worked at the ''Harvard Crimson'' drawing political cartoons, most notably a drawing of Ronald Reagan urinating on an unemployed man in the gutter, entitled "The Trickle Down Theory". He was awarded his degree in 1983. He is married to the novelist Nina de Gramont. He is the author of eleven books that blend a love of nature, humor, memoir, and environmentalism, including ''Leave It As It Is: A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt’s American Wilderness'' and the ''New York Times''-bestselling ''All the Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner and the American West''.'' His prizes include a Pushcart Prize, the John Burroughs Award for Best Nature Essay, the Association for Study of Literature and the Environment’s award for best book of creative writing, and the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Gessner
Johannes Gessner (18 March 1709 – 6 May 1790) was a Swiss mathematician, physicist, botanist, mineralogist and physician. He is seen as the founder of the "Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Zürich". Gessner was born and died in Zürich, where he trained under the physician Johannes von Muralt. He moved to Basel to study medicine, continuing his studies in 1726 and 1727 at the University of Leiden. There he became friendly with Albrecht von Haller, with whom he made a grand tour to Paris to finish their medical studies. There he wrote his diary, later published as ''Pariser Tagebuch''. The two friends in 1728 studied mathematics under Johann Bernoulli and travelled through Switzerland. Gessner became a doctor in Basel in 1730, but soon changed to a scientific career. In 1733 he became a mathematics professor and in 1738 began to teach physics in Zürich. Gessner influenced many Swiss students, such as Johann Heinrich Rahn and Johann Georg Sulzer. Gessner produced publicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Gessner
Nicolas Gessner (born 17 August 1931, in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian-born filmmaker who mostly worked in France. His movies are often characterized by strange, quirky atmospheres and unusual cast mixing French and international actors. Starting from the early 1980s, Gessner mostly worked for television. Filmography *'' Auskunft im Cockpit'' (1959) *'' Der Gefangene der Botschaft'' (1964, TV film) *'' Diamonds Are Brittle'' (1965) *''The Blonde from Peking'' (1967) *''The Thirteen Chairs'' (1969) *'' Someone Behind the Door'' (1971) *''The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane'' (1976) *''It Rained All Night the Day I Left'' (1980) *'' Herr Herr'' (1982, TV film) *'' Le tueur triste'' (1984, TV film) *'' Intrigues'' (1985, TV series) *''Macho'' (1986, TV film) *'' Das andere Leben'' (1987, TV film) *' (1988) *''Tennessee Waltz "Tennessee Waltz" is a popular country music song with lyrics by Redd Stewart and music by Pee Wee King written in 1946 and first released in Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salomon Gessner
Salomon Gessner (1730–1788) was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher and poet; best known in the latter instance for his ''Idylls''. Biography His father, Hans Konrad Gessner (1696–1775), was a printer, publisher, bookseller and member of the High Council of Zürich. From the age of six until his death, he lived in a home his father bought, at Münstergasse 9. He began an apprenticeship in 1749, at a bookshop in Berlin, but stayed for only a year, having decided to devote himself to landscape painting and etching. After a short stay in Hamburg, where he encountered the poetic works of Karl Wilhelm Ramler and Friedrich von Hagedorn, he also developed an interest in poetry. He returned home, without definite plans, but felt uninclined to take part in his father's business. Instead, he joined a group of young men known as ''Dienstags-Compagnie'', that met for discussions and social activities at the homes of their parents (in winter) or at a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gesner
Gesner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Abraham Pineo Gesner (1797–1864), Canadian physician and geologist *Alonzo Gesner (1842–1912), American politician and surveyor in Oregon *Conrad Gesner (1516–1565), Swiss naturalist, and botanical reference for Gesner *Johann Matthias Gesner Johann Matthias Gesner (9 April 1691 – 3 August 1761) was a German classical scholar and schoolmaster. Life He was born at Roth an der Rednitz near Ansbach. His father, Johann Samuel Gesner, a pastor in Auhausen, died in 1704, leaving the f ... (1691–1761), German classical scholar See also * Gessner {{surname, Gesner German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
