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Francysk Skaryna

1486 - 1541

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Francysk Skaryna (alternative transcriptions of his name: Francišak Skaryna or Francisk Skaryna; Latin: Franciscus Scorina, Belarusian: Францыск (Францішак) Скарына [franˈt͡sɨsk skaˈrɨna]; Polish: Franciszek Skaryna, Czech: František Skorina; 1470 – 1551/29 January 1552) was a Belarusian humanist, physician, and translator. He is known to be one of the first book printers in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in all of Eastern Europe, laying the groundwork for the development of the Belarusian izvod of the Church Slavonic language. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francysk Skaryna is the 244th most popular physician (down from 153rd in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 30th in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Physician.

Francysk Skaryna was a printer and publisher of the first printed book in the Belarusian language. He printed the first book in 1517, which is called The Bible of Francysk Skaryna.

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Among physicians, Francysk Skaryna ranks 244 out of 726. Before him are Mungo Park, Paul of Aegina, Robert Atkins, Vladimir Dal, Albert Calmette, and Rembert Dodoens. After him are Li Shizhen, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, Johann Weyer, John O'Keefe, James Lind, and Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1486, Francysk Skaryna ranks 13. Before him are Sher Shah Suri, Martin Agricola, Gerolamo Emiliani, Ahuitzotl, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, and Johann Eck. After him are Andreas Karlstadt, Thomas of Villanova, William IX, Marquis of Montferrat, Sigismund von Herberstein, Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg, and Ludwig Senfl. Among people deceased in 1541, Francysk Skaryna ranks 10. Before him are Pedro de Alvarado, Johann Georg Faust, Gazi Husrev-beg, Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, Jean Clouet, and Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury. After him are Bernard van Orley, Andreas Karlstadt, Fernando de Rojas, Juan de Valdés, Thomas Culpeper, and Wolfgang Capito.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Francysk Skaryna ranks 44 out of 368. Before him are Bronislava Nijinska (1891), Ivan Yakubovsky (1912), Mendele Mocher Sforim (1835), Aleksei Antonov (1896), Yakov Zeldovich (1914), and Salomon Maimon (1754). After him are Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745), Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841), S. Ansky (1863), Lucjan Żeligowski (1865), Vseslav of Polotsk (1029), and Paul Baran (1926).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Belarus

Among physicians born in Belarus, Francysk Skaryna ranks 1. 

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