Jan Jesenius
Jan Jesenius was born on December 27, 1566. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Jan Jesenius
Jan Jesenius, also written as Jessenius (German: Johannes Jessenius, Hungarian: Jeszenszky János, Slovak: Ján Jesenský; 27 December 1566 – 21 June 1621), was a Bohemian physician, anatomist, politician and philosopher. He was active in Prague, where he gained fame after he conducted a public dissection of a human body for scientific purposes. He was publicly executed following the Battle of White Mountain.