biography
| name: |
Haller, Albrecht von
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pronunciation:
[haler]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1708–77)
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| biography:
| Biologist, anatomist, botanist, physiologist, and poet, born in Bern, Switzerland. He studied at Tübingen and Leyden, and was professor of anatomy, surgery, and medicine in the new university of Göttingen (1736–53). Here he carried out biological experiments leading to the publication of Elementa physiologiae corporis humani (8 vols, 1757, Physiological Elements of the Human Body), a major contribution to the understanding of the functioning of the body, which opened the door to modern neurology. He also organized a botanical garden, an anatomical theatre, and an obstetrical school, helped to found the Academy of Sciences, and took an active part in the literary movement. In 1753 he resigned and returned to Bern, where he became a magistrate. |
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