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<html> <head> <title>University of Basel</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> University of Basel EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION Location: <a href="/geo/672/000071459/" class=proflink>Basel, Switzerland</a> Founding Date: 1459Official Website: <a href="http://www.unibas.ch/">http://www.unibas.ch/</a>STUDENTS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_student"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/311/000131915/">Sune K. Bergström</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1916</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-2004</tt></td> <td>Prostaglandins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/776/000159299/">Daniel Bernoulli</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1700</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Mar-1782</tt></td> <td>Fluid dynamics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/831/000159354/">Johann Bernoulli</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-1667</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1748</tt></td> <td>L'H魀ital's rule</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/150/000102841/">Sebastian Brant</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1457</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1521</tt></td> <td>Ship of Fools</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/410/000365312/">Jacob Burckhardt</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1818</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1897</tt></td> <td>The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/233/000168726/">Marion Dönhoff</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Dec-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Mar-2002</tt></td> <td>Die Zeit</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/098/000132699/">Paul Erdman</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-2007</tt></td> <td>The Billion Dollar Sure Thing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/954/000048810/">Leonhard Euler</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1707</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-1783</tt></td> <td>The Elements of Euclid</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/643/000050493/">Konrad von Gesner</a></td> <td><center>Botanist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1516</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Dec-1565</tt></td> <td>Historia animalium</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/845/000091572/">Albert Gobat</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-May-1843</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1914</tt></td> <td>International Peace Bureau</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/910/000031817/">Carl Jung</a></td> <td><center>Psychiatrist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1875</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1961</tt></td> <td>Inventor of the collective unconscious</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/249/000128862/">Paul H. Müller</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1965</tt></td> <td>Synthesized DDT</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/446/000103137/">Oswald Myconius</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1488</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-1552</tt></td> <td>Zwinglian theologian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/197/000133795/">Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Embryonic development of fruit flies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/669/000094387/">Johann Reuchlin</a></td> <td><center>Scholar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1455</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1522</tt></td> <td>German humanist and Hebraist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/838/000206220/">Paul Sacher</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-May-1999</tt></td> <td>Founder, Basler Kammerorchester</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/351/000023282/">Maximilian Schell</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-2014</tt></td> <td>Judgment at Nuremberg</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/722/000140302/">Carl Spitteler</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Apr-1845</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1924</tt></td> <td>The Olympic Spring</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/781/000134379/">Eric F. Wieschaus</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Embryonic development of fruit flies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/866/000100566/">Kurt Wüthrich</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Oct-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Magnetic resonance spectroscopy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/002/000134597/">Rolf M. Zinkernagel</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>T-cells and antigens</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/504/000094222/">Huldrych Zwingli</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1484</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-1531</tt></td> <td>Swiss-Protestant Reformation</td> </tr> </table> TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_teacher"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/478/000131085/">Werner Arber</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/776/000159299/">Daniel Bernoulli</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1700</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Mar-1782</tt></td> <td>Fluid dynamics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/410/000365312/">Jacob Burckhardt</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1818</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1897</tt></td> <td>The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/777/000180237/">Wilhelm Dilthey</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Nov-1833</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1911</tt></td> <td>Methodology of the humanities</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/510/000170000/">Karl Jaspers</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Feb-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1969</tt></td> <td>Existential thinker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/910/000031817/">Carl Jung</a></td> <td><center>Psychiatrist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1875</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1961</tt></td> <td>Inventor of the collective unconscious</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/614/000094332/">Sebastian Münster</a></td> <td><center>Cartographer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1488</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-May-1552</tt></td> <td>Cosmographia Universalis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/371/000128984/">Tadeus Reichstein</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1996</tt></td> <td>Adrenocortical hormones</td> </tr> </table> ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_administrator"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/371/000128984/">Tadeus Reichstein</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1996</tt></td> <td>Adrenocortical hormones</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=68506" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/354/000000354/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/354/354/s354.jpg" width=128> Skull and Bones Bohemian Grove</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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