John Caius

John Caius (* November 6, 1510 in Norwich, † July 29, 1573 in London ) was an English court physician, who again founded the Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge with a donation.

Caius to 1533 studied at the University of Cambridge. On a trip through Italy, he studied at the University of Padua, he attended from 1543 Germany and France, and returned to England. From 1547 on, he practiced as a physician in London; he treated the queens Mary I (England) and Elizabeth I (England). In 1557 it donated 1,834 pounds sterling to enable the re- establishment of Gonville Hall. There he taught from 1558th

He wrote the first treatise on Britain's dogs.

Works

• History of the University of Cambridge. London 1568th
• De thermistor Britannicis; but it is doubtful Whether this work what ever printed Of Some Rare Plants and Animals. London 1570th
• De Canibus Britannicis. 1570, 1729th
• De Pronunciatione Graecae et Latinae Linguae. London 1574th
• De Libris Propriis. London 1570th