. . . . "1516-03-26Z"^^ . "Conrad Gessner"@en . "Conrad Gessner (also Konrad Gesner, Conrad Ge\u00DFner, Conrad von Gesner, Conradus Gesnerus, Conrad Gesner; 26 March 1516 \u2013 13 December 1565) was a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. He was well known as a botanist, physician and classical linguist. His five-volume Historiae animalium (1551\u20131558) is considered the beginning of modern zoology, and the flowering plant genus Gesneria and its family Gesneriaceae are named after him. A genus of moths is also named Gesneria after him."@en . . . . . . . . "1565-12-13Z"^^ .