EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Basel, Switzerland

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
Jacob Burckhardt	Historian	25-May-1818	8-Aug-1897	The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
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	Psychiatrist	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
Paul Sacher	Conductor	28-Apr-1906	26-May-1999	Founder, Basler Kammerorchester
Maximilian Schell	Actor	8-Dec-1930	1-Feb-2014	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
Huldrych Zwingli	Religion	1-Jan-1484	11-Oct-1531	Swiss-Protestant Reformation

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
Jacob Burckhardt	Historian	25-May-1818	8-Aug-1897	The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
Wilhelm Dilthey	Philosopher	19-Nov-1833	1-Oct-1911	Methodology of the humanities
Karl Jaspers	Philosopher	23-Feb-1883	26-Feb-1969	Existential thinker
Carl Jung	Psychiatrist	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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