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Marcello Malpighi

1628 - 1694

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Marcello Malpighi (10 March 1628 – 30 November 1694) was an Italian biologist and physician, who is referred to as the "founder of microscopical anatomy, histology and father of physiology and embryology". Malpighi's name is borne by several physiological features related to the biological excretory system, such as the Malpighian corpuscles and Malpighian pyramids of the kidneys and the Malpighian tubule system of insects. The splenic lymphoid nodules are often called the "Malpighian bodies of the spleen" or Malpighian corpuscles. The botanical family Malpighiaceae is also named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcello Malpighi is the 43rd most popular physician (down from 35th in 2019), the 504th most popular biography from Italy (down from 464th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Physician.

Marcello Malpighi was an Italian scientist who is most famous for his contributions to the field of microscopy. He is credited with being the first person to describe the capillary system in plants and animals.

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Among physicians, Marcello Malpighi ranks 43 out of 726. Before him are Paul Ehrlich, James Black, Niels Ryberg Finsen, Otto Heinrich Warburg, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, and Daniel Carleton Gajdusek. After him are Rita Levi-Montalcini, Claude Bernard, Elias Lönnrot, Peter Damian, Polycarp, and Otto Fritz Meyerhof.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1628, Marcello Malpighi ranks 3. Before him are Charles Perrault, and Jacob van Ruisdael. After him are Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, John Bunyan, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Muazzez Sultan, François Girardon, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, Carlo Cignani, and Tokugawa Mitsukuni. Among people deceased in 1694, Marcello Malpighi ranks 3. Before him are Mary II of England, and Matsuo Bashō. After him are Samuel von Pufendorf, Natalya Naryshkina, Antoine Arnauld, Francesco Morosini, Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma, Suleiman of Persia, John George IV, Elector of Saxony, Hishikawa Moronobu, and Pierre Puget.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marcello Malpighi ranks 504 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Trapattoni (1939), Pope Stephen VII (850), Charles I of Hungary (1288), Pietro Badoglio (1871), Giuseppe Piazzi (1746), and Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (1416). After him are Tiberius Claudius Nero (-85), Pope John III (520), Renzo Piano (1937), Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909), Cesare Beccaria (1738), and Maria Anna of Savoy (1803).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Marcello Malpighi ranks 4. Before him are Florence Nightingale (1820), Cesare Lombroso (1835), and Camillo Golgi (1843). After him are Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909), Peter Damian (1007), Francesco Redi (1626), Bernardino of Siena (1380), Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608), Trota of Salerno (1001), and Andrea Cesalpino (1519).

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