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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
Helen Brooke Taussig
American physician
Christiaan Barnard
Christiaan Barnard
South African surgeon
Charles Bally
Swiss philologist
Jean Bauhin
Swiss physician and botanist
Nikolaus I Bernoulli
Swiss mathematician
Théophile Bonet
Swiss scholar
Hans Ulrich Grubenmann
Swiss engineer
Johannes Grubenmann
Swiss engineer
Jacques Herzog
Swiss architect
Pierre de Meuron
Swiss architect
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Swiss-born French philosopher
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Swiss architect
Paul Klee
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-American scientist and educator
Carl Jung
Carl Jung
Swiss psychologist
Paracelsus
Paracelsus
German-Swiss physician