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Pedanius Dioscorides

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Pedanius Dioscorides (Ancient Greek: Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης, Pedánios Dioskourídēs; c. 40–90 AD), "the father of pharmacognosy", was a Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author of De materia medica (in the original Ancient Greek: Περὶ ὕλης ἰατρικῆς, Peri hulēs iatrikēs, both meaning "On Medical Material") , a 5-volume Greek encyclopedic pharmacopeia on herbal medicine and related medicinal substances, that was widely read for more than 1,500 years. For almost two millennia Dioscorides was regarded as the most prominent writer on plants and plant drugs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pedanius Dioscorides is the 19th most popular physician (up from 21st in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 103rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkish Physician.

Pedanius Dioscorides was a Greek physician, pharmacologist, and botanist who wrote a five-volume book on medicine called De Materia Medica. The book was written in the first century AD and is considered one of the most important pharmacopoeias of all time.

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Among physicians, Pedanius Dioscorides ranks 19 out of 726. Before him are Andreas Vesalius, Edgar Adrian, Ignaz Semmelweis, William Harvey, Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, and Alan Hodgkin. After him are Nestorius, Róbert Bárány, Cesare Lombroso, Georgius Agricola, Cyril of Alexandria, and Michael Servetus.

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Among people born in 40, Pedanius Dioscorides ranks 2. Before him is Pope Clement I. After him are Statius, Martial, Claudia Octavia, Dio Chrysostom, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Lucius Licinius Sura, and Lucius Flavius Silva. Among people deceased in 90, Pedanius Dioscorides ranks 1. After him are Onesimus, and Artabanus III of Parthia.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Pedanius Dioscorides ranks 86 out of 1,347. Before him are Abdullah Öcalan (1949), Alexios I Komnenos (1048), Stateira II (-346), Valerian (200), Abdülaziz (1830), and Hatice Sultan (1496). After him are Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224), Theodosius II (401), Abdulmejid II (1868), Constantine VII (905), Nestorius (381), and Ibn Taymiyyah (1263).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Türkiye

Among physicians born in Türkiye, Pedanius Dioscorides ranks 3. Before him are Galen (129), and Basil of Caesarea (329). After him are Nestorius (381), Polycarp (69), Herophilos (-335), Ctesias (-440), Aretaeus of Cappadocia (100), Soranus of Ephesus (98), Asclepiades of Bithynia (-120), Caesarius of Nazianzus (330), and Aëtius of Amida (502).

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