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Adam von BodensteinBiography of Adam von Bodenstein: 1528 - Born in Karlstadt, Switzerland. - Bodenstein, along with Gerhard Dorn, Johannes Oporinus and Michael Toxites were responsible for translation of the works of Paracelsus. - Adam von Bodenstein is credited with translating from German to Latin the following works; Giambattista della Porta Magia naturalis , Opus ...
Jacob AmmannBiography of Jacob Ammann: 1644 - Born in Erlenbach im Simmental, Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Swiss Mennonite leader of the late 17th century who founded the Mennonite sect known as the Amish.1693 - Broke away from the main body of Mennonites, feeling that they had strayed from the strict austerity of their forebears. ...
Othmar Hermann AmmannBiography of Othmar Hermann Ammann: 1879 - Born on March 26th in Schaffhausen, Northern Switzerland. Swiss structural engineer and designer of numerous long suspension bridges.1897-1902 - Studied civil engineering at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.1904 - Ammann immigrated to the United States, where Othmar Hermann Ammann helped design railroad bridges.1931-1964 - Othmar Hermann ...
Werner ArberBiography of Werner Arber: 1929 - Born on June 3rd in Gränichen, Switzerland. Swiss microbiologist Werner Arber was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology. - Arber studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, the University of Geneva, and the University of Southern California.1960 - Werner Arber served on ...
Jean Robert ArgandBiography of Jean Robert Argand: 1768 - Born on the 18th of July. 1806 - While managing a bookstore in Paris, Jean Robert Argand published the idea of geometrical interpretation of complex numbers known as the Argand diagram. - Jean Robert Argand published a rigorous proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra.1822 - Deid ...
Ursula AndressBiography of Ursula Andress: 1936 - Born in Ostermundigen, Berne, Switzerland on the 19th of March.1957 - Ursula Andress was married to actor director John Derek. 1962 - Started her career as an art model in Rome, which led to her first roles in the active Italian movie industry. Ursula Andress became famous as ...
Johann Jakob BachofenBiography of Johann Jakob Bachofen: 1815 - Johann Jakob Bachofen was born in Basel, Switzerland. 1838 - Studied law and ancient sciences in Berlin and Göttingen. Johann Jakob Bachofen finished his studies with a voluminous doctoral thesis. 1840 - Became professor for Roman law, judge of his home town and got a political position. 1861 ...
Johann Jakob BalmerBiography of Johann Jakob Balmer: 1825 - Born on the 1st of May in Lausen, Switzerland. Studied at the University of Karlsruhe and the University of Berlin 1849 - Completed his Ph.D. from the University of Basel in with a dissertation on the cycloid 1868 - Johann Jakob Balmer married Christine Pauline Rinck. 1885 - His major contribution ...
