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Alessandro Achillini

1463 - 1512

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Alessandro Achillini (Latin Alexander Achillinus; 20 or 29 October 1463 (or possibly 1461) – 2 August 1512) was an Italian philosopher and physician. He is known for the anatomic studies that he was able to publish, made possible by a 13th-century edict putatively by Emperor Frederick II allowing for dissection of human cadavers, and which previously had stimulated the anatomist Mondino de Luzzi (c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alessandro Achillini has received more than 46,340 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Alessandro Achillini is the 233rd most popular physician (up from 325th in 2019), the 1,659th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,233rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Italian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Alessandro Achillini ranks 233 out of 726. Before him are Regnier de Graaf, Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol, Leander of Seville, Tasuku Honjo, Johann Weyer, and Aletta Jacobs. After him are James Lind, John Hunter, Vladimir Dal, Hieronymus Fabricius, Norman Bethune, and Hans Berger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1463, Alessandro Achillini ranks 4. Before him are Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Caterina Sforza, and Frederick III, Elector of Saxony.  Among people deceased in 1512, Alessandro Achillini ranks 4. Before him are Amerigo Vespucci, Bayezid II, and Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours. After him are Hatuey, Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Svante Nilsson, and Antoine Brumel.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Achillini ranks 1,659 out of 5,161. Before him are Marcia (200), Cicero Minor (-65), Gianfranco Ferré (1944), Daniele Massaro (1961), Agostino Casaroli (1914), and Pompeia (-90). After him are Antipope Christopher (900), Nereo Rocco (1912), Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1652), Antipope Constantine II (710), Giovanni Battista Moroni (1525), and Stefano Landi (1587).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Alessandro Achillini ranks 16. Before him are Bernardino of Siena (1380), Trota of Salerno (1001), Andrea Cesalpino (1519), Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682), Bernardino Ramazzini (1633), and Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501). After him are Hieronymus Fabricius (1533), Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666), Saint Fabiola (400), Ennio Antonelli (1936), Realdo Colombo (1516), and Filippo Pacini (1812).

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