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Jean Fernel

1497 - 1558

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Jean François Fernel (Latinized as Ioannes Fernelius; 1497 – 26 April 1558) was a French physician who introduced the term "physiology" to describe the study of the body's function. He was the first person to describe the spinal canal. The lunar crater Fernelius is named after him. Fernel suggested that taste buds are sensitive to fat, an idea which research in the early 21st century proved to be correct. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Fernel is the 286th most popular astronomer (down from 244th in 2019), the 3,076th most popular biography from France (down from 2,969th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Astronomer.

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Among astronomers, Jean Fernel ranks 286 out of 644. Before him are Geminiano Montanari, Philibert Jacques Melotte, Heber Doust Curtis, Raymond Smith Dugan, Harold Spencer Jones, and James W. Christy. After him are Richard Martin West, Laurent Cassegrain, Giorgio Abetti, Sherburne Wesley Burnham, Sylvain Arend, and Richard Christopher Carrington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1497, Jean Fernel ranks 9. Before him are Pedro de Valdivia, Beyhan Sultan, Emperor Go-Nara, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Mōri Motonari, and Francesco Canova da Milano. After him is Stephen Gardiner. Among people deceased in 1558, Jean Fernel ranks 14. Before him are Robert Recorde, Johannes Bugenhagen, Reginald Pole, Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Anna van Egmont, and Georg I, Count of Württemberg-Mömpelgard. After him are Caupolicán, Macropedius, and Cassandra Fedele.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Fernel ranks 3,076 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Callot (1875), Adrien Proust (1834), Étienne Decroux (1898), Hilaire Belloc (1870), Antoine de Chézy (1718), and Julie Billiart (1751). After him are Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol (1786), Louis Rosier (1905), Charles Despiau (1874), Marie-José Nat (1940), Gershom ben Judah (960), and Alexis Korner (1928).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Jean Fernel ranks 30. Before him are Benjamin Baillaud (1848), Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (1853), Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748), Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1715), Marguerite Laugier (1896), and André-Louis Danjon (1890). After him are Laurent Cassegrain (1629), Hervé Faye (1814), Guillaume Le Gentil (1725), Charles Wolf (1827), Georges Rayet (1839), and Rudolph Minkowski (1895).

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