EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Zurich, Switzerland

Founding Date:
1525/1833

Enrollment:
23,500

Official Website:
http://www.unizh.ch/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Louis Agassiz	Paleontologist	28-May-1807	14-Dec-1873	Ichthyologist at Harvard
Konrad Bloch	Scientist	21-Jan-1912	15-Oct-2000	Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism
Max Born	Physicist	11-Dec-1882	5-Jan-1970	Pioneer of quantum mechanics
Martin Buber	Philosopher	8-Feb-1878	13-Jun-1965	Ich und Du
Georg Cantor	Mathematician	3-Mar-1845	6-Jan-1918	Founder of set theory
Max Frisch	Novelist	15-May-1911	4-Apr-1991	Homo Faber
Erich Gamma	Computer Programmer	1961		Design Patterns
Walter Hess	Scientist	17-Mar-1881	12-Aug-1973	Brain mapping, neurophysiological methods
Albert Hofmann	Chemist	11-Jan-1906	29-Apr-2008	Discovered LSD
Robinson Jeffers	Poet	10-Jan-1887	20-Jan-1962	Tamar and Other Poems
Carl Jung	Psychiatrist	26-Jul-1875	6-Jun-1961	Inventor of the collective unconscious
Paul Karrer	Chemist	21-Apr-1889	18-Jun-1971	Synthesized vitamins A, B2, E, and K
Florence Kelley	Activist	12-Sep-1859	17-Feb-1932	Founder of National Consumers League
Nicholas Kemmer	Physicist	7-Dec-1911	21-Oct-1998	Nuclear weapons and reactors
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross	Activist	8-Jul-1926	24-Aug-2004	On Death And Dying
Lev Landau	Physicist	22-Jan-1908	1-Apr-1968	Superfluidity of helium
Karl Landsteiner	Scientist	14-Jun-1868	26-Jun-1943	Discovered blood typing
Rosa Luxemburg	Activist	5-Mar-1871	15-Jan-1919	Co-Founder, Communist Party of Germany
Adolf Meyer	Psychiatrist	13-Sep-1866	17-Mar-1950	Commonsense Psychiatry
Walther Nernst	Chemist	25-Jun-1864	18-Nov-1941	Third Law of Thermodynamics
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi	Educator	12-Jan-1746	17-Feb-1827	Swiss educational reformer
Jean Piaget	Psychologist	9-Aug-1896	17-Sep-1980	Elaborated the stages of childhood
Charles R. Ritcheson	Historian	26-Feb-1925	8-Dec-2011	British Politics and the American Revolution
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen	Physicist	27-Mar-1845	10-Feb-1923	Discovered X-Rays
Maximilian Schell	Actor	8-Dec-1930	1-Feb-2014	Judgment at Nuremberg
Hamilton O. Smith	Scientist	23-Aug-1931		Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage)
Carl Spitteler	Poet	24-Apr-1845	29-Dec-1924	The Olympic Spring
Artturi Virtanen	Chemist	15-Jan-1895	11-Nov-1973	AIV method of fodder preservation
George Wald	Biologist	18-Nov-1906	12-Apr-1997	Physiology of the retina
Alfred Werner	Chemist	12-Dec-1866	15-Nov-1919	Coordination theory of chemistry
Eric F. Wieschaus	Scientist	8-Jun-1947		Embryonic development of fruit flies

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Theodor Billroth	Doctor	26-Apr-1829	6-Feb-1894	Viennese surgeon
Eugen Bleuler	Psychiatrist	30-Apr-1857	15-Jul-1939	Coined term schizophrenia
Johann Jakob Bodmer	Author	19-Jul-1698	2-Jan-1783	Von dem Wunderbaren in der Poesie
Georg Büchner	Playwright	17-Oct-1813	19-Feb-1837	Leonce and Lena
Rudolf Clausius	Physicist	2-Jan-1822	24-Aug-1888	Second Law of Thermodynamics
Peter Debye	Physicist	24-Mar-1884	2-Nov-1966	Studied molecular structure, dipoles
Albert Einstein	Physicist	14-Mar-1879	18-Apr-1955	Theory of relativity
Walter Hess	Scientist	17-Mar-1881	12-Aug-1973	Brain mapping, neurophysiological methods
Paul Hindemith	Composer	16-Nov-1895	28-Dec-1963	Mathis der Maler
Carl Jung	Psychiatrist	26-Jul-1875	6-Jun-1961	Inventor of the collective unconscious
Paul Karrer	Chemist	21-Apr-1889	18-Jun-1971	Synthesized vitamins A, B2, E, and K
Max von Laue	Physicist	9-Oct-1879	23-Apr-1960	X-ray crystallography
K. Alex Müller	Physicist	20-Apr-1927		High-temperature superconductivity
Erwin Schrödinger	Physicist	12-Aug-1887	4-Jan-1961	Schr�dinger's wave equation
Alfred Werner	Chemist	12-Dec-1866	15-Nov-1919	Coordination theory of chemistry
Rolf M. Zinkernagel	Scientist	6-Jan-1944		T-cells and antigens

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Walter Hess	Scientist	17-Mar-1881	12-Aug-1973	Brain mapping, neurophysiological methods
Paul Karrer	Chemist	21-Apr-1889	18-Jun-1971	Synthesized vitamins A, B2, E, and K

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