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Born December 29, 1863 • Basel • Switzerland
Died November 10, 1934 (aged 70)
Notable Family Members father Wilhelm His
Subjects Of Study bundle of His • heart rate
Helen Brooke Taussig
American physician
Christiaan Barnard
Christiaan Barnard
South African surgeon
Théophile Bonet
Swiss scholar
Nikolaus I Bernoulli
Swiss mathematician
Jean Bauhin
Swiss physician and botanist
Charles Bally
Swiss philologist
Hans Ulrich Grubenmann
Swiss engineer
Johannes Grubenmann
Swiss engineer
Jacques Herzog
Swiss architect
Pierre de Meuron
Swiss architect
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Swiss-born French philosopher
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Swiss architect
Paul Klee
Paul Klee
Swiss-German artist
Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych Zwingli
Swiss religious leader
Jacob Burckhardt
Jacob Burckhardt
Swiss historian
Karl Barth
Karl Barth
Swiss theologian
portrait of Germaine de Staël
Germaine de Staël
French-Swiss author
Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American scientist and educator
Carl Jung
Carl Jung
Swiss psychologist
Paracelsus
Paracelsus
German-Swiss physician