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Giovanni Antonio Scopoli

1723 - 1788

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Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopolius) (3 June 1723 – 8 May 1788) was an Italian physician and naturalist. His biographer Otto Guglia named him the "first anational European" and the "Linnaeus of the Austrian Empire". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Antonio Scopoli is the 99th most popular physician (up from 135th in 2019), the 765th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,028th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Italian Physician.

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli is most famous for his work in the field of zoology. He was born in Italy and became a professor of natural history at the University of Padua in 1772. He is most known for his work on the flora and fauna of the Alps.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli ranks 99 out of 726. Before him are Bernardino of Siena, Frederick Chapman Robbins, Jean Nicot, Peter Canisius, François Duvalier, and Djer. After him are Shirō Ishii, George Minot, Michael DeBakey, Louis Auguste Blanqui, Ulf von Euler, and Niels Kaj Jerne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli ranks 4. Before him are Adam Smith, Baron d'Holbach, and Frederick V of Denmark. After him are Joshua Reynolds, Carl Friedrich Abel, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Jean-François Marmontel, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Adam Ferguson, Prithvi Narayan Shah, and Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg. Among people deceased in 1788, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli ranks 5. Before him are Charles III of Spain, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Thomas Gainsborough. After him are Charles Edward Stuart, Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Johann Georg Hamann, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, José, Prince of Brazil, and Infante Gabriel of Spain.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli ranks 765 out of 5,161. Before him are Giorgetto Giugiaro (1938), Marsilius of Padua (1275), Rosso Fiorentino (1494), Francesco Guardi (1712), Tancred, Prince of Galilee (1072), and Franco Baresi (1960). After him are Gianni Agnelli (1921), Arnolfo di Cambio (1240), Prince Napoléon Bonaparte (1822), Dino Buzzati (1906), Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), and Angela Merici (1474).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli ranks 9. Before him are Camillo Golgi (1843), Marcello Malpighi (1628), Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909), Peter Damian (1007), Francesco Redi (1626), and Bernardino of Siena (1380). After him are Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608), Trota of Salerno (1001), Andrea Cesalpino (1519), Bernardino Ramazzini (1633), Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682), and Mondino de Luzzi (1275).

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