Claudius Aelianus
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Claudius Aelianus, commonly Aelian, born at Praeneste, was a Roman author and teacher of rhetoric who flourished under Septimius Severus and probably outlived Elagabalus, who died in 222. He spoke Gre
Imaginary likeness of Aelian from a 1610 edition of the Varia Historia
Title page of Varia Historia, from the 1668 edition by Tanaquil Faber
Conrad Gessner
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Conrad Gessner was a Swiss physician, naturalist, bibliographer, and philologist. Born into a poor family in Zurich, Switzerland, his father and teachers quickly realised his talents and supported him
Portrait by Tobias Stimmer, c. 1564
Fragaria vesca (wild strawberry), from Gessner's Historia plantarum
Porcupine, Historiae animalium, 1551
Title page from The new Iewell of Health, 1576