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Andrea Cesalpino

1519 - 1603

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Andrea Cesalpino (Latinized as Andreas Cæsalpinus) (1524/1525 – 23 February 1603) was a Florentine physician, philosopher and botanist. In his works he classified plants according to their fruits and seeds, rather than alphabetically or by medicinal properties. In 1555, he succeeded Luca Ghini as director of the botanical garden in Pisa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrea Cesalpino has received more than 107,176 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Andrea Cesalpino is the 167th most popular physician (up from 205th in 2019), the 1,238th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,432nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Italian Physician.

Andrea Cesalpino was a botanist and physician who lived in the 16th century. He is most famous for his work on plants and their medicinal uses.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Andrea Cesalpino ranks 167 out of 726. Before him are George Whipple, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Agnodice, Robin Cook, Georgios Papanikolaou, and Jean Marc Gaspard Itard. After him are Engelbert Kaempfer, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, Charaka, Frederick Griffith, and Kitasato Shibasaburō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1519, Andrea Cesalpino ranks 12. Before him are Francis, Duke of Guise, Theodore Beza, Isabella Jagiellon, Occhiali, Imagawa Yoshimoto, and Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset. After him are Antonis Mor, Thomas Gresham, Frans Floris, Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, and Girolamo Mei. Among people deceased in 1603, Andrea Cesalpino ranks 8. Before him are Mehmed III, François Viète, William Gilbert, Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, Ahmad al-Mansur, and Şehzade Mahmud. After him are Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, Pierre Charron, George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Irina Godunova, and Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Andrea Cesalpino ranks 1,238 out of 5,161. Before him are Gino Severini (1883), Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (1822), Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (1318), Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1500), Eleanor de' Medici (1567), and Alessandro Moreschi (1858). After him are Justa Grata Honoria (417), Caesar Baronius (1538), Publius Cornelius Dolabella (-70), Giovanni Gronchi (1887), Romano Mussolini (1927), and Altiero Spinelli (1907).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Andrea Cesalpino ranks 12. Before him are Francesco Redi (1626), Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608), Peter Damian (1007), Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Bernardino of Siena (1380), and Trota of Salerno (1001). After him are Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682), Bernardino Ramazzini (1633), Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501), Alessandro Achillini (1463), Hieronymus Fabricius (1533), and Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666).

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