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Pietro Andrea Mattioli

1501 - 1578

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Pietro Andrea Gregorio Mattioli (Italian: [ˈpjɛːtro anˈdrɛːa ɡreˈɡɔːrjo matˈtjɔːli]; 12 March 1501– c. 1578) was a doctor and naturalist born in Siena. His most important work was a commentary on the medicinal plants of Pedanius Dioscorides first published in 1544 which was translated into several languages and went into thirteen editions in his lifetime. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pietro Andrea Mattioli is the 232nd most popular physician (down from 218th in 2019), the 1,596th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,572nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Italian Physician.

Pietro Andrea Mattioli was a physician and botanist who is most famous for his work on the medicinal properties of plants.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Pietro Andrea Mattioli ranks 232 out of 726. Before him are Maurice Bucaille, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, Frederik Ruysch, Soranus of Ephesus, Ernst-Günther Schenck, and Paul Gachet. After him are Hasdai ibn Shaprut, Tasuku Honjo, Dominique Jean Larrey, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Asclepiades of Bithynia, and Mungo Park.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1501, Pietro Andrea Mattioli ranks 9. Before him are Gerolamo Cardano, Isabella of Austria, Yi Hwang, Queen Munjeong, Sahib I Giray, and Garcilaso de la Vega. After him are Leonhart Fuchs, Bairam Khan, Ivan Susanin, Perino del Vaga, Maurice Scève, and Hemu. Among people deceased in 1578, Pietro Andrea Mattioli ranks 14. Before him are James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Sebastiano Venier, Pierre Lescot, Giovanni Battista Moroni, Giulio Clovio, and Piali Pasha. After him are Marie Elisabeth of France, Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi, Cornelis Cort, Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi, and Cristoforo Madruzzo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro Andrea Mattioli ranks 1,596 out of 5,161. Before him are Felice Gimondi (1942), Ettore Bastico (1876), Lamberto Dini (1931), Mario Bava (1914), Charles II, Duke of Savoy (1488), and Maria Domenica Mazzarello (1837). After him are Ratchis (800), Elio de Angelis (1958), Lea Massari (1933), Claudio Magris (1939), Marino Faliero (1274), and Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1533).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Pietro Andrea Mattioli ranks 16. Before him are Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608), Trota of Salerno (1001), Andrea Cesalpino (1519), Bernardino Ramazzini (1633), Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682), and Mondino de Luzzi (1275). After him are Hieronymus Fabricius (1533), Ennio Antonelli (1936), Saint Fabiola (400), Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666), Alessandro Achillini (1463), and Prospero Alpini (1553).

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