Gerard, freiherr van Swieten

(1700-1772)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Swieten, Gerard, freiherr van, 1700-1772 LBT ID: GeSwiet1772 VIAF ID: 98732271 LOC ID: n82044730	B/BAP: 1700 DIED: 1772
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A pupil of Hermann Boerhaave, he was physician to the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa and the founder of the first Vienna medical school.
REFERENCES TO Gerard, freiherr van Swieten: William Godwin to Thomas Holcroft, 5 August 1788 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Found 1: ¶ 3 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. II. 1785-1788