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Francesco Redi

1626 - 1697

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Francesco Redi (18 February 1626 – 1 March 1697) was an Italian physician, naturalist, biologist, and poet. He is referred to as the "founder of experimental biology", and as the "father of modern parasitology". He was the first person to challenge the theory of spontaneous generation by demonstrating that maggots come from eggs of flies.Having a doctoral degree in both medicine and philosophy from the University of Pisa at the age of 21, he worked in various cities of Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesco Redi has received more than 633,719 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Francesco Redi is the 48th most popular physician (up from 61st in 2019), the 507th most popular biography from Italy (up from 634th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Physician.

Francesco Redi is most famous for his work in disproving the theory of spontaneous generation.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Francesco Redi ranks 48 out of 502Before him are Emil Kraepelin, Otto Heinrich Warburg, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Franz Mesmer, Allvar Gullstrand, and Christiaan Barnard. After him are Karl Brandt, Jean-Martin Charcot, Hilary of Poitiers, Gerhard Domagk, Rita Levi-Montalcini, and Philippe Pinel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1626, Francesco Redi ranks 5Before him are Christina, Queen of Sweden, Sabbatai Zevi, Jan Steen, and Richard Cromwell. After him are William II, Prince of Orange, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Giovanni Legrenzi, Louis Couperin, Bada Shanren, and Andrea Guarneri. Among people deceased in 1697, Francesco Redi ranks 2Before him is Charles XI of Sweden. After him are Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland, Nicolaus Bruhns, Galdan Boshugtu Khan, Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental, António Vieira, Gregorio Barbarigo, Georg Mohr, John Aubrey, Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and Filippo Baldinucci.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Redi ranks 507 out of 4,668Before him are Trebonianus Gallus (206), Fabio Capello (1946), Pope Agapetus II (900), Oriana Fallaci (1929), Franco Nero (1941), and Pope-elect Stephen (700). After him are Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541), Totila (500), Cornelius Nepos (-100), Pietro Aretino (1492), and Pope Boniface VI (800).

Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Francesco Redi ranks 5Before him are Florence Nightingale (1820), Cesare Lombroso (1835), Camillo Golgi (1843), and Marcello Malpighi (1628). After him are Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909), Bernardino of Siena (1380), Peter Damian (1007), Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608), Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682), and Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501).