Tag: Schaffhausen
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Johannes Jacob Wepfer (1620-1695)
JMS PearceHull, England, United Kingdom The eminent physician Johannes Jakob Wepfer (1620-1695) was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, on the right bank of the Rhine. Little is written of his early years but the child Wepfer may have gazed and wondered about Schaffhausen’s countryside, its many oriel windows, and the rounded Munot fortress designed by Albrecht…