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Johannes Oporinus

Johannes Oporinus
Portrait of Johannes Oporinus
Born25 January 1507
Died7 July 1568(1568-07-07) (aged 61)
Basel
NationalitySwiss
Known forPublication of Vesalius;
first printed Koran
amanuensis of Paracelsus
Scientific career
Fieldsprinting, medicine,
classical philology
InstitutionsUniversity of Basel

Johannes Oporinus (also Johannes Oporin; Latinised from the original German name: Johannes Herbster or Hans Herbst) (25 January 1507 – 7 July 1568) was a humanist printer in Basel.


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