Anton Schneeberger

Anton Schneeberger (1530, Zurich - 13 March 1581, Cracow) was a Swiss botanist, doctor, and book collector[1] based in Poland.

Life

Schneeberger began his studies at Basel under the doctor and natural scientist Conrad Gessner.[2] He later studied at Basel, before arriving at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow in 1553. Three years later he left for France, studying at Montpellier and Paris, where he earned the title of doctor of medicine and philosophy.[3]

In 1559 Schneeberger returned to Poland. He kept an active travel schedule, however, visiting Lithuania and spending time at the university in Königsberg. He returned to Cracow in 1561 and soon established himself among the local doctors and scholars. He counted Copernicus' student Jerzy Joachim Retyka and the German doctor and book collector Matthias Stoius among his friends. [4]

Schneeberg married twice. His first wife, Katarzyna, daughter of the royal doctor Jan Antonin, died young in 1569. His second wife, Anna, was the daughter of the wealthy apothecary Mikołaj Alantsee. They had one son together named Anton, who later became a doctor himself. The younger Anton studied in Padua, but died relatively young.

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Notes
  1. ↑ Koźluk and Sułecki.
  2. ↑ Ilnicki, "Życie i działalność Antoniego Schneebergera...", viii.
  3. ↑ Nierzwicki, 12.
  4. ↑ Nierzwicki, 12-13.
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