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Albrecht von Haller
Born	16 October 1708 Bern, Swiss Confederacy
Died	12 December 1777(1777-12-12) (aged 69) Bern, Swiss Confederacy
Nationality	Swiss
Scientific career
Fields	Anatomist Physiologist Naturalist
Influences	Herman Boerhaave

Ex libris from Albrecht von Haller. Da Fondazione BEIC

Ex libris from Albrecht von Haller. Da Fondazione BEIC

Manuscript notes from Albrecht von Haller. Da Fondazione BEIC

Copper engraving ex libris from Albrecht von Haller. Fondazione BEIC

Albrecht von Haller (also known as Albertus de Haller; 16 October 1708 – 12 December 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet. A pupil of Herman Boerhaave, he is often referred to as "the father of modern physiology."

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Illustration from C.J. Rollinus in Haller's book Icones anatomicae from 1756
Frontispiece to Ode sur les Alpes, 1773

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