University of Basel

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University of Basel

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founding Date:
1459

Official Website:
http://www.unibas.ch/

STUDENTS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Sune K. Bergström Scientist 10-Jan-1916 15-Aug-2004 Prostaglandins

Daniel Bernoulli Mathematician 8-Feb-1700 27-Mar-1782 Fluid dynamics

Johann Bernoulli Mathematician 27-Jul-1667 1-Jan-1748 L'Hôpital's rule

Sebastian Brant Author 1457 10-May-1521 Ship of Fools

Marion Dönhoff Journalist 2-Dec-1909 11-Mar-2002 Die Zeit

Paul Erdman Economist 19-May-1932 23-Apr-2007 The Billion Dollar Sure Thing

Leonhard Euler Mathematician 15-Apr-1707 18-Sep-1783 The Elements of Euclid

Konrad von Gesner Botanist 26-Mar-1516 13-Dec-1565 Historia animalium

Albert Gobat Politician 21-May-1843 16-Mar-1914 International Peace Bureau

Carl Jung Psychologist 26-Jul-1875 6-Jun-1961 Inventor of the collective unconscious

Paul H. Müller Scientist 12-Jan-1899 12-Oct-1965 Synthesized DDT

Oswald Myconius Religion 1488 14-Oct-1552 Zwinglian theologian

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Scientist 20-Oct-1942 Embryonic development of fruit flies

Johann Reuchlin Scholar 22-Feb-1455 6-Jun-1522 German humanist and Hebraist

Maximilian Schell Actor 8-Dec-1930 Lead defense in Judgment at Nuremberg

Carl Spitteler Poet 24-Apr-1845 29-Dec-1924 The Olympic Spring

Eric F. Wieschaus Scientist 8-Jun-1947 Embryonic development of fruit flies

Kurt Wüthrich Chemist 4-Oct-1938 Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Rolf M. Zinkernagel Scientist 6-Jan-1944 T-cells and antigens

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Werner Arber Scientist 3-Jun-1929 Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage)

Daniel Bernoulli Mathematician 8-Feb-1700 27-Mar-1782 Fluid dynamics

Karl Jaspers Philosopher 23-Feb-1883 26-Feb-1969 Existential thinker

Carl Jung Psychologist 26-Jul-1875 6-Jun-1961 Inventor of the collective unconscious

Sebastian Münster Cartographer 20-Jan-1488 23-May-1552 Cosmographia Universalis

Tadeus Reichstein Scientist 20-Jul-1897 1-Aug-1996 Adrenocortical hormones

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Tadeus Reichstein Scientist 20-Jul-1897 1-Aug-1996 Adrenocortical hormones

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