Thomas Platter the Younger

Thomas Platter the Younger

Thomas Platter the Younger (* July 24, 1574 in Basel ; † December 4, 1628 there ) was a botanist and physician and an autobiographical writer.

The son of Thomas Platters the elder from his second marriage received his education, as did his half-brother Felix Platter , who emerged from his father's first marriage, in Montpellier and became professor of anatomy and botany in 1614, and in 1624 of medicine at the University of Basel, its dean and rector he was several times. At the same time he also worked as a city doctor.

In his culturally and historically significant description of his trip to England in 1599 , he provided a detailed description of London's theater life.

His son Felix Platter (1605–1671) was a professor of logic and physics and wrote various astronomical works.

literature

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  Grave in the cloister of the Basel Minster
  Jakob Baechtold :  Platter, Thomas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 265-267. (there Thomas Platter the Younger also biographed)
• Edgar Bonjour : Platter, Thomas. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Rut Keizer : From the diary of Thomas Platter the Younger , in: Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde 63rd Vol. (1963), pp. 75–111 ( full text )
• Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie : A world in upheaval. The rise of the Platter family from 1499 to 1628 . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-608-91779-9

Web links

• Literature by and about Thomas Platter the Younger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Publications by and about Thomas Platter the Younger in VD 17 .
• The Thomas Platter House in Basel at altbasel.ch
• Edgar Bonjour: Thomas Platter the Younger. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .