Gerard van Swieten
Physician
1700 – 1772
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Who was Gerard van Swieten?
Gerard van Swieten was a Dutch-Austrian physician.
Van Swieten was born in Leiden. He was a pupil of Herman Boerhaave and became in 1745 the personal physician of the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa. In this position he implemented a transformation of the Austrian health service and medical university education. He founded a botanical garden, a chemical laboratory and introduced clinical instruction. Since 1745 he was also librarian for Maria Theresa in what was then the Imperial Library.
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- Born
- May 7, 1700
Leiden - Children
- Nationality
- Austria
- Netherlands
- Profession
- Education
- University of Vienna
- Died
- Jun 18, 1772
Vienna
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on July 23, 2013
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