Albrecht von Haller's Physiology Work

Albrecht von Haller

A Swiss physician, anatomist, physiologist, botanist, natural researcher, poet, and scientific publisher. Considered one of the fathers of modern experimental physiology, he is particularly known for experimentally researching muscle contractility and nerve sensitivity. Having studied under Herman Boerhaave and others, he worked at the University of Göttingen as a professor of anatomy, surgery, medicine, and botany, establishing an anatomical theater, botanical garden, and obstetrical education facilities. Along with systematically researching Swiss flora, he authored works such as "Flora Helvetica" and "Primae lineae physiologiae corporis humani," exerting a major influence on the development of 18th-century European medicine, physiology, and botany. He was also known as a poet and contributed to the development of nature poetry in the German-speaking world through "Die Alpen" (The Alps).

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Year	Albrecht von Haller
1700	Great Northern War (Age: 8 years before birth, Period: 1700–1721, Location: Baltic Region, Sweden, Poland, Saxony, Russia, etc.)
1701	War of the Spanish Succession (Age: 7 years before birth, Period: 1701–1714, Location: Western Europe, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, etc.)
1708	Birth of Albrecht von Haller (Period: October 16, 1708, Location: Bern (Switzerland))
1723	Medical research at the University of Tübingen (Albrecht von Haller, Age: 14 years old, Period: 1723–1725, Location: Tübingen (present-day Germany))
1727	Obtaining a Doctor of Medicine degree at Leiden University (Albrecht von Haller, Age: 18 years old, Period: 1727, Location: Leiden (present-day Netherlands)) Anatomical and surgical research in Paris and London (Albrecht von Haller, Age: 18 years old, Period: 1727–1728, Location: Paris (France), London (England))
1728	Mathematical and botanical research in Basel (Albrecht von Haller, Age: 19 years old, Period: 1728–1729, Location: Basel (present-day Switzerland))
1729	Activities as a physician and botanical researcher in Bern (Albrecht von Haller, Age: 20 years old, Period: 1729–1736, Location: Bern (present-day Switzerland))
1730	Research on muscle irritability and nerve sensibility (Age: 21 years old, Period: 1730s–1750s, Location: Göttingen (present-day Germany))
1731	Marriage (Albrecht von Haller, Marianne Wyss, Age: 22 years old, Period: February 19, 1731, Location: Bern (present-day Switzerland))
1732	Publication of "Die Alpen" (The Alps, Age: 23 years old, Period: 1732, Location: Bern (present-day Switzerland))
1736	Invitation to the University of Göttingen (Albrecht von Haller, Age: 27 years old, Period: 1736, Location: Göttingen (present-day Germany)) Development of medical and natural science facilities at the University of Göttingen (Albrecht von Haller, Age: 27 years old, Period: 1736–1753, Location: Göttingen (present-day Germany))
1739	Marriage (Albrecht von Haller, Elisabeth Bucher, Age: 30 years old, Period: May 1739, Location: Göttingen (present-day Germany))
1740	War of the Austrian Succession (Age: 31 years old, Period: 1740–1748, Location: Austria, Bohemia, Silesia, Bavaria, Italy, Low Countries, etc.)
1741	Marriage (Albrecht von Haller, Sophie Amalia Christina Teichmeyer, Age: 33 years old, Period: December 1741, Location: Göttingen (present-day Germany))
1743	Election as Fellow of the Royal Society (Christiaan Huygens, Age: 34 years old, Period: 1743, Location: London, England)
1747	Publication of "Primae lineae physiologiae corporis humani" (Age: 38 years old, Period: 1747, Location: Göttingen (present-day Germany)) Editing of "Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen" (Age: 38 years old, Period: 1747–1753, Location: Göttingen (present-day Germany))
1749	Elevation to nobility by the Holy Roman Emperor (Albrecht von Haller, Age: 40 years old, Period: 1749, Location: Holy Roman Empire)
1751	Establishment and presidency of the Royal Society of Sciences in Göttingen (Albrecht von Haller, Age: 42 years old, Period: 1751, Location: Göttingen (present-day Germany))
1753	Return home from Göttingen to Bern (Age: 44 years old, Period: 1753, Location: From Göttingen (Germany) to Bern (Switzerland))
1756	Seven Years' War (Age: 47 years old, Period: Around 1756–1759 (military service includes historical estimates), Location: Prussian territory, Central Europe, etc.)
1758	Engagement in administration of Bern's salt mines and salt industry (Albrecht von Haller, Age: 49 years old, Period: 1758–1764, Location: Rolle (present-day Canton of Vaud, Switzerland))
1768	Publication of "Historia stirpium indigenarum Helvetiae" (Age: 59 years old, Period: 1768–1770, Location: Bern (present-day Switzerland))
1777	Death of Albrecht von Haller (Age: 69 years old, Period: December 12, 1777)

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Roman Empire	Rudolf II Matthias Ferdinand II Ferdinand Ernst Leopold I Charles VI Maria Theresa
Habsburg Family	Leopold Felician Prince Eugene Kara Mustafa Pasha Jan Sobieski Charles V
Science and Astronomy	Tycho Brahe Jan Baptist van Helmont Georg Marcgrave Georg Ernst Stahl Lorenz Heister Albrecht von Haller Philip Clüver Maria Sibylla Merian Johann Georg Gmelin
Music & Art	Peter Paul Rubens Heinrich Schütz Dieterich Buxtehude Johann Pachelbel Georg Philipp Telemann Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt Johann Balthasar Neumann

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