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Hieronymus Fabricius

1533 - 1619

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Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente, also known as Girolamo Fabrizio or Hieronymus Fabricius (; 20 May 1533 – 21 May 1619), was a pioneering anatomist and surgeon known in medical science as "The Father of Embryology." Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hieronymus Fabricius is the 271st most popular physician (down from 237th in 2019), the 1,856th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,693rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Hieronymus Fabricius ranks 271 out of 726. Before him are Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Clarke Abel, Bernard Kouchner, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Pierre Paul Émile Roux, and Henry Gray. After him are Thomas Addison, John Harvey Kellogg, Johann Conrad Dippel, 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi, Eduard Wirths, and August Oetker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Hieronymus Fabricius ranks 15. Before him are Andrea Gabrieli, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Abdullah Khan II, Mōri Terumoto, and Claudio Merulo. After him are Alonso de Ercilla, Antonio Possevino, Joachim Beuckelaer, Cornelis Cort, Eknath, and Anna van Egmont. Among people deceased in 1619, Hieronymus Fabricius ranks 13. Before him are Ludovico Carracci, Lucilio Vanini, Lawrence of Brindisi, Shimazu Yoshihiro, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, and Diane de France. After him are Jagat Gosain, Stephen Pongracz, Marko Krizin, Denis Calvaert, Melchior Grodziecki, and Robert Peake the Elder.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Hieronymus Fabricius ranks 1,856 out of 5,161. Before him are Pietro Rava (1916), Paolo Tosti (1846), Theron of Acragas (-535), Pietro Cataldi (1552), Claudio Merulo (1533), and Guidobaldo da Montefeltro (1472). After him are Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma (1666), Arioald (550), Gianfranco Ferré (1944), Gianluca Pagliuca (1966), Ottavio Piccolomini (1599), and Giuseppe Sarti (1729).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Hieronymus Fabricius ranks 17. Before him are Trota of Salerno (1001), Andrea Cesalpino (1519), Bernardino Ramazzini (1633), Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682), Mondino de Luzzi (1275), and Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501). After him are Ennio Antonelli (1936), Saint Fabiola (400), Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666), Alessandro Achillini (1463), Prospero Alpini (1553), and Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (1883).

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