BIOLOGIST

Francisco Hernández de Toledo

1515 - 1587

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Francisco Hernández de Toledo (c. 1515 – 28 January 1587) was a naturalist and court physician to Philip II of Spain. He was among the first wave of Spanish Renaissance physicians practicing according to the revived principles formulated by Hippocrates, Galen and Avicenna. Francisco Hernández was born at La Puebla de Montalbán in the Province of Toledo, probably around 1515. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Hernández de Toledo is the 661st most popular biologist (down from 520th in 2019), the 1,242nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,177th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Spanish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Francisco Hernández de Toledo ranks 661 out of 1,097. Before him are Leonhard Stejneger, Sabiha Kasimati, Jacob Sturm, Pál Kitaibel, Ferdinand Albin Pax, and Paul Nurse. After him are Archibald Reiss, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Hipólito Ruiz López, Edward Forbes, Heinz Christian Pander, and Eugene Odum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1515, Francisco Hernández de Toledo ranks 27. Before him are Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, Hōjō Ujiyasu, Philip I, Duke of Pomerania, Juan Bautista de Toledo, Sibylle of Saxony, and Giorgio Biandrata. After him is Roger Ascham. Among people deceased in 1587, Francisco Hernández de Toledo ranks 13. Before him are Felix of Cantalice, Ōmura Sumitada, Ōtomo Sōrin, Hai Rui, John Foxe, and Juraj Drašković. After him are Caspar Olevian, and Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Hernández de Toledo ranks 1,242 out of 3,355. Before him are Javier Cercas (1962), Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548), Kiti Mánver (1953), Domingo Martínez de Irala (1509), Víctor Balaguer i Cirera (1824), and Ricardo Blázquez (1942). After him are Émile Henry (1872), Pablo Iglesias Posse (1850), Quim Monzó (1952), Hipólito Ruiz López (1754), Silvestre Igoa (1920), and José Manuel Estepa Llaurens (1926).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Spain

Among biologists born in Spain, Francisco Hernández de Toledo ranks 7. Before him are Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852), Ibn al-Baitar (1197), Antonio José Cavanilles (1745), Francisco Manuel Blanco (1778), Francisco J. Ayala (1934), and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754). After him are Hipólito Ruiz López (1754), Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati (1166), and Ángel Cabrera (1879).

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