SettingsPeople associated with the University of Zurich
Adolf Meyer (psychiatrist)
Adolf Meyer (September 13, 1866 in Niederweningen, near Zurich, Switzerland - March 17, 1950), was a Swiss psychiatrist who rose to prominence as the president of the American Psychiatric Associ...
Adolf Meyer (September 13, 1866 in Niederweningen, near Zurich, Switzerland - March 17, 1950), was a Swiss psychiatrist who rose to prominence as the president of the American Psychiatric Associ...
Adolf Muschg
Adolf Muschg (* 13 May 1934 in Zollikon, canton of Zurich) is a writer and literature professor from Switzerland.
Adolf Muschg (* 13 May 1934 in Zollikon, canton of Zurich) is a writer and literature professor from Switzerland.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics.
Albert Einstein (; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics.
Albert Hofmann
Albert Hofmann (January 11, 1906 – April 29, 2008) was a Swiss scientist known best for being the first person to synthesize, ingest and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethyl...
Albert Hofmann (January 11, 1906 – April 29, 2008) was a Swiss scientist known best for being the first person to synthesize, ingest and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethyl...
Andrea Prader
Andrea Prader was a Swiss scientist and physician, pediatric endocrinologist.
Andrea Prader was a Swiss scientist and physician, pediatric endocrinologist.
Auguste Forel
Auguste-Henri Forel (September 1, 1848 – July 27, 1931) was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist, notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that ...
Auguste-Henri Forel (September 1, 1848 – July 27, 1931) was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist, notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that ...
Bernhard Hirzel
Bernhard Hirzel (12 August 1807 – 6 June 1847 in Paris) was a Swiss theologian and Orientalist.
Bernhard Hirzel (12 August 1807 – 6 June 1847 in Paris) was a Swiss theologian and Orientalist.
Bernhard von Gudden
Johann Bernhard Aloys von Gudden (June 7, 1824 - June 13, 1886) was a German neuroanatomist and psychiatrist born in Kleve.
Johann Bernhard Aloys von Gudden (June 7, 1824 - June 13, 1886) was a German neuroanatomist and psychiatrist born in Kleve.
Carl Spitteler
Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler (24 April 1845 – 29 December 1924) was a Swiss poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1919.
Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler (24 April 1845 – 29 December 1924) was a Swiss poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1919.
Charles Ritcheson
Charles Ray Ritcheson was an American historian, diplomat, and university administrator.
Charles Ray Ritcheson was an American historian, diplomat, and university administrator.
Charles Weissmann
Charles Weissmann is a Hungarian-born Swiss molecular biologist.
Charles Weissmann is a Hungarian-born Swiss molecular biologist.
Constantin von Monakow
Constantin von Monakow (November 4, 1853 - October 19, 1930} was a Russian-Swiss neuropathologist who was a native of Bobretsovo in the Vologda Oblast.
Constantin von Monakow (November 4, 1853 - October 19, 1930} was a Russian-Swiss neuropathologist who was a native of Bobretsovo in the Vologda Oblast.
Eduard Hitzig
Eduard Hitzig (February 6, 1839 - August 20, 1907) was a German neurologist and neuropsychiatrist born in Berlin.
Eduard Hitzig (February 6, 1839 - August 20, 1907) was a German neurologist and neuropsychiatrist born in Berlin.
Edward Kofler
Edward Kofler (November 16, 1911 – April 22, 2007) was a mathematician who made important contributions to game theory and fuzzy logic by working out the theory of linear partial information.
Edward Kofler (November 16, 1911 – April 22, 2007) was a mathematician who made important contributions to game theory and fuzzy logic by working out the theory of linear partial information.
Ernst Zermelo
Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo (July 27, 1871 – May 21, 1953) was a German mathematician, whose work has major implications for the foundations of mathematics and hence on philosophy.
Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo (July 27, 1871 – May 21, 1953) was a German mathematician, whose work has major implications for the foundations of mathematics and hence on philosophy.
Erwin Fues
Erwin Richard Fues (January 17, 1893 in Stuttgart, Germany – 1970 in Germany) was a German theoretical physicist who made contributions to atomic physics and molecular physics, quantum wav...
Erwin Richard Fues (January 17, 1893 in Stuttgart, Germany – 1970 in Germany) was a German theoretical physicist who made contributions to atomic physics and molecular physics, quantum wav...
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger was an Austrian born physicist and theoretical biologist who was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, and is famed for a number of important contribu...
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger was an Austrian born physicist and theoretical biologist who was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, and is famed for a number of important contribu...
Gazi Yasargil
Mahmut Gazi Yaşargil is a Turkish medical scientist and neurosurgeon (born on July 6, 1925 in Lice, Diyarbakır, Turkey).
Mahmut Gazi Yaşargil is a Turkish medical scientist and neurosurgeon (born on July 6, 1925 in Lice, Diyarbakır, Turkey).
Georg Büchner
Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose.
Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose.
Heinrich Dernburg
Heinrich Dernburg (March 3, 1829 – November 25, 1907) was a German jurist, professor, and politician.
Heinrich Dernburg (March 3, 1829 – November 25, 1907) was a German jurist, professor, and politician.
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (28 March 1911 in Esslingen am Neckar – 16 December 2000 in Allensbach) was a German physicist.
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (28 March 1911 in Esslingen am Neckar – 16 December 2000 in Allensbach) was a German physicist.
Hermann Rorschach
Hermann Rorschach was a Swiss Freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, best known for developing a projective test known as the Rorschach inkblot test.
Hermann Rorschach was a Swiss Freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, best known for developing a projective test known as the Rorschach inkblot test.
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget was a French-speaking Swiss developmental psychologist and philosopher known for his epistemological studies with children.
Jean Piaget was a French-speaking Swiss developmental psychologist and philosopher known for his epistemological studies with children.
Johann Caspar von Orelli
Johann Caspar von Orelli (February 13, 1787–January 6, 1849), was a Swiss classical scholar.
Johann Caspar von Orelli (February 13, 1787–January 6, 1849), was a Swiss classical scholar.
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach.
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach.
Jules Angst
Jules Angst (born 1926) is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Zurich University in Zurich, Switzerland, and Honorary Doctor of Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany.
Jules Angst (born 1926) is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Zurich University in Zurich, Switzerland, and Honorary Doctor of Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany.
Klaus Clusius
Klaus Clusius (19 March 1903 – 28 May 1963) was a German physical chemist from Breslau (Wrocław), Silesia.
Klaus Clusius (19 March 1903 – 28 May 1963) was a German physical chemist from Breslau (Wrocław), Silesia.
Leopold Ružička
Lavoslav Ružička born as Lavoslav Ružička was a Croatian scientist and winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry who worked most of his life in Switzerland.
Lavoslav Ružička born as Lavoslav Ružička was a Croatian scientist and winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry who worked most of his life in Switzerland.
Louis Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history.
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history.
Ludimar Hermann
Ludimar Hermann (October 31, 1838, Berlin – June 5, 1914, Königsberg) was a German physiologist and speech scientist who used the Edison phonograph to test theories of vowel production, pa...
Ludimar Hermann (October 31, 1838, Berlin – June 5, 1914, Königsberg) was a German physiologist and speech scientist who used the Edison phonograph to test theories of vowel production, pa...
Maurice Edmond Müller
Maurice Edmond Müller (March 28, 1918 – May 10, 2009) was a Swiss orthopedic surgeon who was instrumental in the development of internal fixation techniques to treat bone fractures and who...
Maurice Edmond Müller (March 28, 1918 – May 10, 2009) was a Swiss orthopedic surgeon who was instrumental in the development of internal fixation techniques to treat bone fractures and who...
Max Born
Max Born was a German-British physicist and mathematician who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics.
Max Born was a German-British physicist and mathematician who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics.
Max von Laue
Max Theodor Felix von Laue was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals.
Max Theodor Felix von Laue was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals.
Nicholas Kemmer
Nicholas Kemmer was a Russian-British nuclear physicist who played an integral role in Britain's nuclear weapons development, and was known as a mentor of Abdus Salam – a Nobel laureate.
Nicholas Kemmer was a Russian-British nuclear physicist who played an integral role in Britain's nuclear weapons development, and was known as a mentor of Abdus Salam – a Nobel laureate.
Paul Karrer
Paul Karrer (21 April 1889 – 18 June 1971) was a Swiss organic chemist best known for his research on vitamins.
Paul Karrer (21 April 1889 – 18 June 1971) was a Swiss organic chemist best known for his research on vitamins.
Robert Tobler
Robert Tobler (December 23, 1901-June 17, 1962) was a Swiss far right politician.
Robert Tobler (December 23, 1901-June 17, 1962) was a Swiss far right politician.
Roland Scholl
Roland Heinrich Scholl (30 September 1865 – 22 August 1945) was a Swiss chemist who taught at various European universities.
Roland Heinrich Scholl (30 September 1865 – 22 August 1945) was a Swiss chemist who taught at various European universities.
Rolf Henne
Rolf Henne was a Swiss politician who supported a form of Nazism.
Rolf Henne was a Swiss politician who supported a form of Nazism.
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Rolf Martin Zinkernagel AC (born January 6, 1944 in Riehen, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland) is Professor of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich.
Rolf Martin Zinkernagel AC (born January 6, 1944 in Riehen, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland) is Professor of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich.
Rolf Pfeifer
Rolf Pfeifer (born 1947) is professor of computer science at the Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, and director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Rolf Pfeifer (born 1947) is professor of computer science at the Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, and director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg (Rosalia Luxemburg, Róża Luksemburg; 5 March 1871, Zamość, Vistula Land, Russia – 15 January 1919, Berlin, Germany) was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionar...
Rosa Luxemburg (Rosalia Luxemburg, Róża Luksemburg; 5 March 1871, Zamość, Vistula Land, Russia – 15 January 1919, Berlin, Germany) was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionar...
Walter Burkert
Walter Burkert (born 2 February 1931 in Neuendettelsau) is a German scholar of Greek mythology and cult.
Walter Burkert (born 2 February 1931 in Neuendettelsau) is a German scholar of Greek mythology and cult.
Walter Jakob Gehring
Walter Jakob Gehring (born 20 March 1939 in Zurich) is Professor at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland.
Walter Jakob Gehring (born 20 March 1939 in Zurich) is Professor at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland.
Walter Rudolf Hess
Walter Rudolf Hess (March 17, 1881 – August 12, 1973) was a Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for mapping the areas of the brain involved in the ...
Walter Rudolf Hess (March 17, 1881 – August 12, 1973) was a Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for mapping the areas of the brain involved in the ...
Walther Nernst
Walther Hermann Nernst FRS (25 June 1864 – 18 November 1941) was a German physical chemist and physicist who is known for his theories behind the calculation of chemical affinity as embodied in ...
Walther Hermann Nernst FRS (25 June 1864 – 18 November 1941) was a German physical chemist and physicist who is known for his theories behind the calculation of chemical affinity as embodied in ...
Wilhelm Röntgen
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German physicist, who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievemen...
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German physicist, who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievemen...