Thomas Platter the Younger: Biography, Facts and Career

Thomas Platter the Younger (; German: [ˈplatɐ]; c. 24 July 1574 in Basel – 4 December 1628 in Basel) was a Swiss-born physician, traveller, and diarist, the son of the humanist Thomas Platter the Elder. He was a professor of anatomy, botany, and medicine at the University of Basel, as well as the city physician for Basel. Platter kept a diary from 1595 to 1600. Platter recounts his life as a medical student in Montpellier and his travels in France, Spain, Flanders, and England. He describes many aspects of late sixteenth-century European culture: medical education (including dissections), street and carnival life in Barcelona, European theater, and the slave trade. On 21 September 1599, "at about two o'clock," Platter and his older half-brother Felix Platter saw an early production of Julius Caesar at the Globe Theatre in London. Platter's account provides Shakespeare scholars with evidence for the dating of that play.

Quick facts about Thomas Platter the Younger

• Full name: Thomas Platter the Younger
• Born: 1574-07-24
• Nationality: Switzerland
• Known as: Author
• Wikidata ID: Q116577

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