Person
Conrad Gessner
Swiss naturalist and bibliographer
Konrad Gessner (Conrad Gessner, Conrad Geßner, Conrad von Gesner, Conradus Gesnerus, Conrad Gesner; 26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) is a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer.
His five-volume Historiae animalium (1551-1558) is considered the beginning of modern zoology, and the flowering plant genus Gesneria (Gesneriaceae) is named after him.
This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Gesner when citing a botanical name.