When is Paracelsus's birthday?

Paracelsus's birthday is November 10. He was born on November 10, 1493 in Egg, Switzerland.

How old was Paracelsus when he died?

Paracelsus died on September 24, 1541, aged 47.

Who shares a birthday with Paracelsus?

Famous people who share Paracelsus's November 10 birthday include Martin Luther, Friedrich Schiller, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Ennio Morricone and Richard Burton.

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Paracelsus — Age, Birthday & Biography

Born: 10 November 1493 · Died: 24 September 1541 · Age: 47

pioneering Renaissance medicine through observation-based practice, founding toxicology, and defying medical orthodoxy by burning ancient texts in public

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Date of birth10 November 1493
Date of death24 September 1541
Age at death47
NationalitySwiss
BirthplaceEgg, Switzerland

Editor's Take:

Paracelsus embodied Renaissance disruption, challenging medicine's reverence for ancient authority with confrontational theatrics. His father, a physician descended from Swabian nobility, trained him in practical sciences before formal university study. The public burning of canonical texts was calculated provocation, yet his healing of prominent figures like Frobenius proved his methods worked. Teaching in German rather than Latin democratised knowledge, though his abrasive manner and legendary drinking alienated colleagues. His toxicology foundations and emphasis on empirical observation over inherited dogma reshaped European medicine despite constant flight from persecution.

Key Milestones

1515: Completed medical training at Ferrara
1517: Began extensive travels as army surgeon
1527: Appointed Basel city physician with lecturing rights
1529: Published first work under Paracelsus pseudonym

Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim (10 November 1493 – 24 September 1541), known as Paracelsus, was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.

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Paracelsus: Revolutionary Renaissance Physician

Swiss physician, born 1493

Paracelsus was born in Egg on 10 November 1493.

Paracelsus publicly burned medical texts by Galen and Avicenna in Basel's market square on 23 June 1527 to demonstrate his contempt for conventional medicine.

He earned the title 'father of toxicology' through his pioneering work emphasising observation alongside traditional wisdom during the medical revolution.

His German-language lectures at Basel University in 1527 broke with academic tradition to make medical knowledge accessible to all students.

Career highlights

1515Medical doctorate: University of Ferrara degree
1517European travels begin: Seven years across continents
1526Cured Johann Frobenius: Called to Basel printer
1527Basel city physician: University lecturing privileges granted
1536Grosse Wundartznei published: First medical work as Paracelsus

Did you know?His name first appeared as a pseudonym in 1529 for an astrological publication in Nuremberg, not a medical work.

Age at death: 47
Years since death: 485

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When is Paracelsus's birthday?: Paracelsus's birthday is November 10. He was born on November 10, 1493 in Egg, Switzerland.
How old was Paracelsus when he died?: Paracelsus died on September 24, 1541, aged 47.
Who shares a birthday with Paracelsus?: Famous people who share Paracelsus's November 10 birthday include Martin Luther, Friedrich Schiller, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Ennio Morricone and Richard Burton.

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