Which famous people have you outlived?

Johann Weyer

Dutch physician

Died when: 73 years 54 days (877 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Johann Weyer

Johann Weyer or Johannes Wier (Latin: Ioannes Wierus or Piscinarius; 1515 – 24 February 1588) was a Dutch physician, occultist and demonologist, disciple and follower of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa.

He was among the first to publish against the persecution of witches.His most influential work is De Praestigiis Daemonum et Incantationibus ac Venificiis ('On the Illusions of the Demons and on Spells and Poisons'; 1563).


Related People

Johannes Heurnius
Dutch physician
Regnier de Graaf
Dutch physician
Gerard van Swieten
Dutch physician
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License