Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician (died 1772)

Gerard van Swieten

Dutch physician (1700–1772)

Gerard van Swieten was a Dutch physician who from 1745 was the personal physician of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and transformed the Austrian health service and medical university education. He was the father of Gottfried van Swieten, patron of Haydn, Mozart and…