GESNER (Conrad), a celebrated physician and naturalist, was born at Zurich in 1516. Having finished his studies in France, he travelled into Italy, and taught medicine and philosophy in his own country with extraordinary reputation. He was acquainted with the languages; and excelled so much in natural history, that he was furnished the Pliny of Germany.
Gestation mary. He died in 1565, leaving many works behind him; the principal of which are, 1. A history of animals, plants, and fossils; 2. Bibliotheca Universalis; 3. A Greek and Latin lexicon.