Felix Platter | |
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 Felix Platter (1584) by Hans Bock | |
| Born | 28 October 1536 |
| Died | 28 July 1614 (aged 77) Basel |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Other names | Felix Plater |
| Education | University of Montpellier (M.D., 1557) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Institutions | University of Basel |
| Doctoral advisor | Guillaume Rondelet |
| Notable students | Petrus Ryff Emmanuel Stupanus |
Felix Platter (also Plater /ˈplɑːtər/; German: [ˈplatɐ]; Latinized: Platerus; 28 October 1536 – 28 July 1614) was a Swiss physician, well known for his classification of psychiatric diseases, and was also the first to describe an intracranial tumour (a meningioma).