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Born December 29, 1863 • Basel • Switzerland
Died November 10, 1934 (aged 70)
Notable Family Members father Wilhelm His
Subjects Of Study bundle of His • heart rate
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Helen Brooke Taussig
American physician
Christiaan Barnard
Christiaan Barnard
South African surgeon
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Charles Bally
Swiss philologist
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Hans Ulrich Grubenmann
Swiss engineer
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Johannes Grubenmann
Swiss engineer
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Jean Bauhin
Swiss physician and botanist
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Théophile Bonet
Swiss scholar
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Nikolaus I Bernoulli
Swiss mathematician
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Jacques Herzog
Swiss architect
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Pierre de Meuron
Swiss architect
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Swiss-born French philosopher
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Swiss architect
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Paul Klee
Swiss-German artist
Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych Zwingli
Swiss religious leader
Jacob Burckhardt
Jacob Burckhardt
Swiss historian
Karl Barth
Karl Barth
Swiss theologian
portrait of Germaine de Staël
Germaine de Staël
French-Swiss author
Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-born American naturalist, geologist, and teacher
Portrait of Carl Jung wearing glasses and a suit, with white hair and mustache, holding a pipe to his mouth.
Carl Jung
Swiss psychologist
Paracelsus
Paracelsus
German-Swiss physician