BIOLOGIST

Alessandra Giliani

1307 - 1326

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Alessandra Giliani (1307 – 26 March 1326) is best known as the first woman to be recorded in historical documents as practicing anatomy and pathology, and is thought to be an Italian natural historian. Historical evidence for her existence is limited. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alessandra Giliani has received more than 39,999 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Alessandra Giliani is the 574th most popular biologist (down from 496th in 2019).

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  • 40k

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  • 50.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Alessandra Giliani ranks 574 out of 1,097. Before her are John Ellis, Jean de Thévenot, Johann Heinrich Blasius, Miles Joseph Berkeley, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, and Sewall Wright. After her are Elisabeth Christina von Linné, Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, William Elford Leach, Jacob Sturm, George Allman, and Georg August Schweinfurth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1307, Alessandra Giliani ranks 4. Before her are Rudolf II, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, Eleanor of Castile, and Otto IV, Duke of Lower Bavaria.  Among people deceased in 1326, Alessandra Giliani ranks 9. Before her are Kebek, Reginald I of Guelders, Mondino de Luzzi, Dmitry of Tver, Prince Koreyasu, and Hugh Despenser the younger.

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