Gesner
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1. Gesner - Noun
2. Gesner - Proper noun
Meaning
Swiss naturalist who was one of the founders of modern zoology (1516-1565)
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But, teased or hunted, an aurochs could get very aggressive and dangerous, and throw the teasing person into the air, as he described in a 1602 letter to Gesner.
Conrad Gesner (d. 1565) was the first Christian to compile a catalogue of Hebrew books.
Relationship to humans Research history seeAlso A whale as depicted by Conrad Gesner, 1587, in Historiae animalium In Aristotle 's time, the 4th century BCE, whales were regarded as fish due to their superficial similarity.
The increased supply of petroleum allowed oil refiners to entirely side-step the oil-from-coal patents of both Young and Gesner, and produce illuminating oil from petroleum without paying royalties to anyone.