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Ges⋅ner

  [ges-ner; Ger. ges-nuhr]
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–noun
Kon⋅rad von  [kon-rad von; Ger. kawn-raht fuhn] , 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
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Ges·ner   (gěs'nər)   
Swiss encyclopedist and naturalist who published an annotated bibliography of all known books in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew (1545-1549). His Historia Animalium (1551-1558) is considered the basis of modern zoology.
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