LOCATION

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

Population:
188,000 (2004)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Basel	1459

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Novartis	1996
Ciba-Geigy	1971
Roche	1896
Ciba	1859

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Marc Allégret	Film Director	22-Dec-1900	4-Nov-1973	Entrée des Artistes
Karl Barth	Religion	10-May-1886	9-Dec-1968	Church Dogmatics
Gaspard Bauhin	Botanist	17-Jan-1560	5-Dec-1624	Pinax Theatri Botanici
Johann Bernoulli	Mathematician	27-Jul-1667	1-Jan-1748	L'Hôpital's rule
Jacob Burckhardt	Historian	25-May-1818	8-Aug-1897	The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
Leonhard Euler	Mathematician	15-Apr-1707	18-Sep-1783	The Elements of Euclid
Roger Federer	Tennis	8-Aug-1981		Winner of 17 Grand Slam titles
Edwin Fischer	Pianist	6-Oct-1886	24-Jan-1960	Pianist/conductor, emphasis Bach and Mozart
Marthe Keller	Actor	28-Jan-1945		Fedora
K. Alex Müller	Physicist	20-Apr-1927		High-temperature superconductivity
Auguste Piccard	Physicist	28-Jan-1884	24-Mar-1962	First man in the stratosphere
Jean Piccard	Aviator	28-Jan-1884	28-Jan-1963	Extreme balloonist
Paul Sacher	Conductor	28-Apr-1906	26-May-1999	Founder, Basler Kammerorchester

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jean Arp	Sculptor	16-Sep-1887	7-Jun-1966	Avant-garde sculptor, Dadaist
Karl Barth	Religion	10-May-1886	9-Dec-1968	Church Dogmatics
Gaspard Bauhin	Botanist	17-Jan-1560	5-Dec-1624	Pinax Theatri Botanici
Daniel Bernoulli	Mathematician	8-Feb-1700	27-Mar-1782	Fluid dynamics
Johann Bernoulli	Mathematician	27-Jul-1667	1-Jan-1748	L'Hôpital's rule
Jacob Burckhardt	Historian	25-May-1818	8-Aug-1897	The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
Erasmus	Scholar	27-Oct-1469	12-Jul-1536	In Praise of Folly
Thomas Erastus	Religion	7-Sep-1524	31-Dec-1583	A Treatise of Excommunication
Sebastian Franck	Religion	c. 1499	c. 1542	German freethinker
Fritz Haber	Chemist	9-Dec-1868	29-Jan-1934	Synthesized ammonia, chemical warfare
Albert Hofmann	Chemist	11-Jan-1906	29-Apr-2008	Discovered LSD
François Hotman	Scholar	23-Aug-1524	12-Feb-1590	Franco-Gallia
Karl Jaspers	Philosopher	23-Feb-1883	26-Feb-1969	Existential thinker
Hermann Kesten	Novelist	28-Jan-1900	1996	I, the King
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis	Astronomer	28-Sep-1698	27-Jul-1759	Sur la figure de la terre
Paul H. Müller	Scientist	12-Jan-1899	12-Oct-1965	Synthesized DDT
Sebastian Münster	Cartographer	20-Jan-1488	23-May-1552	Cosmographia Universalis
Oswald Myconius	Religion	1488	14-Oct-1552	Zwinglian theologian
John Oecolampadius	Religion	1482	23-Nov-1531	German-Swiss Protestant reformer
Meret Oppenheim	Artist	6-Oct-1911	15-Nov-1985	Fur-covered teacup
Tadeus Reichstein	Scientist	20-Jul-1897	1-Aug-1996	Adrenocortical hormones
Paul Sacher	Conductor	28-Apr-1906	26-May-1999	Founder, Basler Kammerorchester

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