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Girolamo Fracastoro

1476 - 1553

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Girolamo Fracastoro (Latin: Hieronymus Fracastorius; c. 1476/8 – 6 August 1553) was an Italian physician, poet, and scholar in mathematics, geography and astronomy. Fracastoro subscribed to the philosophy of atomism, and rejected appeals to hidden causes in scientific investigation. His studies of the mode of syphilis transmission are an early example of epidemiology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Girolamo Fracastoro is the 125th most popular astronomer (down from 90th in 2019), the 1,294th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,207th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Italian Astronomer.

Girolamo Fracastoro is most famous for his work on the theory of contagion. He was the first to propose that diseases are transmitted by contact with infected people or objects.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Girolamo Fracastoro ranks 125 out of 644. Before him are Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, George Biddell Airy, Frank Drake, N. R. Pogson, Ernst Öpik, and Maria Mitchell. After him are Hermann Goldschmidt, Svetlana Gerasimenko, E. M. Antoniadi, Didier Queloz, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, and Reinhard Genzel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1476, Girolamo Fracastoro ranks 9. Before him are 2nd Dalai Lama, Yeonsangun of Joseon, Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Huayna Capac, Louise of Savoy, and Cuitláhuac. After him are Helena of Moscow, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, Ayşe Hatun, Anna Sforza, Hans von Kulmbach, and Kanō Motonobu. Among people deceased in 1553, Girolamo Fracastoro ranks 10. Before him are Lucas Cranach the Elder, Michael Servetus, Şehzade Cihangir, Pedro de Valdivia, Charles III, Duke of Savoy, and Maurice, Elector of Saxony. After him are John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Lucrezia de' Medici, Sinan Pasha, Juan de Homedes, Lord Guildford Dudley, and Francisco de Montejo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Girolamo Fracastoro ranks 1,294 out of 5,161. Before him are Fede Galizia (1578), Ildibad (450), Chiara Lubich (1920), Zucchero Fornaciari (1955), Giovanni Leone (1908), and Alberic II of Spoleto (911). After him are Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (190), Antonio Lotti (1667), Publius Licinius Crassus (-86), Quintus Servilius Caepio (-200), Enzo Bearzot (1927), and Charles III, Duke of Parma (1823).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Italy

Among astronomers born in Italy, Girolamo Fracastoro ranks 11. Before him are Riccardo Giacconi (1931), Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835), Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397), Annibale de Gasparis (1819), Angelo Secchi (1818), and Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598). After him are Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1658), Giovanni Battista Donati (1826), Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio (1330), Margherita Hack (1922), Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709), and Geminiano Montanari (1633).

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