Albrecht von Haller was almost single-handedly responsible for the revival of German-language Swiss literature in the eighteenth century. Together with the Zurich critics Johann Jakob Bodmer and Johann Jakob Breitinger, he ensured that Switzerland,...

Haller was one of the great heroic figures of early biology. Born in Bern, Switzerland, he was not a healthy child, but he displayed prodigious intellectual talents at an early age. He wrote scholarly articles at the age of eight, and by the age of...

Haller was one of the great heroic figures of early biology. Born in Bern, Switzerland, he was not a healthy child, but he displayed prodigious intellectual talents at an early age. He wrote scholarly articles at the age of eight, and by the age of...

Albrecht von Haller was one of the great heroic figures of early biology. Born in Bern, Switzerland, he was not a healthy child, but he displayed prodigious intellectual talents at an early age. He wrote scholarly articles at the age of eight and by...

The Swiss physician Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777) conducted experiments in organic sensibility and irritability that are landmarks in the development of physiology. Albrecht von Haller was born in Bern on Oct. 16, 1708. He lacked the strength to...