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Jean Bauhin
Bauhin, Jean (b. Basel, Switzerland, 12 February 1541; d. Montb |
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Johann Jakob Balmer
Balmer, Johann Jakob (b. Lausen, BaselLand, Switzerland, 1 May 1825; d. Basel, Switzerland, 12 March 1898) mathematics, physics. Balmer was the oldest son of Chief Justice Johann Jacab Balmer and Elisabeth Rolle Balmer. He attended the district school in Liestal and the secondary school in Basel,... Read more |
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Jakob I Bernoulli
Bernoulli, Jakob (Jacques) I (b. Basel, Switzerland, 27 December 1654; d. Basel, 16 August 1705) mathematics, mechanics, astronomy. Bernoulli came from a line of merchants. His grandfather, Jakob Bernoulli, was a druggist from Amsterdam who became a citizen of Basel in 1622 through marriage. His... Read more |
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Basel
Basel or Basle , Fr. Bâle, canton, N Switzerland, bordering on France and Germany. It is bounded in the N by the Rhine River (which becomes navigable in the canton) and in the S by the Jura Mts. Although it has industries, Basel is mainly a region of fertile fields, meadows, orchards,... Read more |
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Basle
Basle (French: Bâle; German: Basel), SwitzerlandRobur, Basilia Originally a Celtic settlement and given the Roman name Robur from the Latin roburetum ‘oak grove’. The present name is derived from the Greek basileia ‘royal’, when Valentinian I (321–75), Roman... Read more |
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Pierre Louis Moreau De Maupertuis
MAUPERTUIS, PIERRE LOUIS MOREAU DE (b. St.-Malo, France, 28 September 1698; d. Basel, Switzerland, 27 July 1759) mathematics, biology, physics. It was said of Maupertuis, in the official eulogy by Samuel Formed, that Read more |
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Johannes Oecolompadius
Johannes Oecolampadius , 1482-1531, German Protestant reformer, associate of Huldreich Zwingli in the Reformation in Switzerland. He was in 1516 a preacher at Basel, where he worked with Erasmus on his New Testament. In 1520 he preached in Augsburg, then for a time was in a convent at... Read more |
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Herzog
Herzog & De Meuron. Swiss architects. Jacques Herzog (1950– ) and Pierre De Meuron (1950– ) formed their partnership in 1978, later joined (1991) by Harry Gugger (1956– ) and (1994) by Christine Binswanger (1964– ). Among their... Read more |
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Novartis AG
Novartis AG Lichtstrasse 35CH-4002 BaselSwitzerlandTelephone: (41) 61-324-1111Fax: (41) 61-324-8001Web site: http://www.novartis.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1996Employees: 67,653Sales: CHFr 35.80 billion ($22.21 billion) (2000)Stock Exchanges: Zurich New YorkTicker Symbols: NVS (NYSE);... Read more |
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Adam of Bodenstein
BODENSTEIN, ADAM OF(b. Kemberg/Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, 1528; d. Basel, Switzerland, March 1577), medicine, alchemy, natural history. For the original article on Bodenstein see DSB, vol. 2.Research since 1970 has resulted in new information and insights about Bodenstein’s life and publications.... Read more |
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