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Giovanni Battista Morgagni

1682 - 1771

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Giovanni Battista Morgagni (25 February 1682 – 6 December 1771) was an Italian anatomist, generally regarded as the father of modern anatomical pathology, who taught thousands of medical students from many countries during his 56 years as Professor of Anatomy at the University of Padua. His most significant literary contribution, the monumental five-volume On the Seats and Causes of Disease, embodied a lifetime of experience in anatomical dissection and observation, and established the fundamental principle that most diseases are not vaguely dispersed throughout the body, but originate locally, in specific organs and tissues. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Battista Morgagni is the 219th most popular physician (down from 186th in 2019), the 1,540th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,399th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Italian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Giovanni Battista Morgagni ranks 219 out of 726. Before him are Guy de Chauliac, Waldemar Hoven, Mehriban Aliyeva, Zhang Zhongjing, Bernardino Ramazzini, and John Langdon Down. After him are Barry Marshall, Carl Ludwig, Sebastian Kneipp, Eduard Bloch, Mondino de Luzzi, and Robin Cook.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1682, Giovanni Battista Morgagni ranks 7. Before him are Charles XII of Sweden, Calico Jack, Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Bartholomew Roberts, Johann Friedrich Böttger, and Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach. After him are Şehsuvar Sultan, Shahu I, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Jacopo Amigoni, and Roger Cotes. Among people deceased in 1771, Giovanni Battista Morgagni ranks 6. Before him are Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, Claude Adrien Helvétius, Philip Miller, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, and Louis-Michel van Loo. After him are Henri Pitot, John Bevis, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, František Brixi, Thomas Gray, and Tobias Smollett.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Morgagni ranks 1,540 out of 5,161. Before him are Henry Benedict Stuart (1725), Irnerius (1050), Antipope Eulalius (310), Antipope Constantine II (710), Felix of Cantalice (1515), and Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1835). After him are Andrea Solari (1460), Alessandra Mussolini (1962), Daniele Massaro (1961), Bonanno Pisano (1150), Carlo M. Cipolla (1922), and Anita Pallenberg (1942).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Giovanni Battista Morgagni ranks 14. Before him are Bernardino of Siena (1380), Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608), Trota of Salerno (1001), Andrea Cesalpino (1519), and Bernardino Ramazzini (1633). After him are Mondino de Luzzi (1275), Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501), Hieronymus Fabricius (1533), Ennio Antonelli (1936), Saint Fabiola (400), and Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666).

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