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Events on Tuesday 16 October 1708 1
1708 – 1777Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777)Died 12 December 1777, aged 69Swiss anatomist, physiologist, and poet often regarded as the founder of modern experimental physiology, known for his detailed studies of the nervous and circulatory systems. He also produced an enormous body of botanical and bibliographic work, cataloguing thousands of plant species. His textbook Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani remained influential for decades.