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Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

1608 - 1679

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Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni alˈfɔnso boˈrɛlli]; 28 January 1608 – 31 December 1679) was a Renaissance Italian physiologist, physicist, and mathematician who is often described as the father of biomechanics. He contributed to the modern principle of scientific investigation by continuing Galileo's practice of testing hypotheses against observation. Trained in mathematics, Borelli also made extensive studies of Jupiter's moons, the mechanics of animal locomotion and, in microscopy, of the constituents of blood. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Alfonso Borelli has received more than 181,199 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Giovanni Alfonso Borelli is the 124th most popular physician, the 981st most popular biography from Italy (up from 990th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Physician.

Giovanni Alfonso Borelli is most famous for his work on the anatomy of the human body. He was the first to describe the structure of the spinal cord, which he called the medulla oblongata.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli ranks 124 out of 726. Before him are Erasistratus, Francis Peyton Rous, Franz Joseph Gall, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, John Eccles, and Ragnar Granit. After him are Johannes Peter Müller, Dickinson W. Richards, Eduard Bloch, Nicolaes Tulp, John Snow, and Edgar Adrian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1608, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli ranks 5. Before him are Evangelista Torricelli, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, John Milton, and Gaston, Duke of Orléans. After him are Tukaram, Ivan Vyhovsky, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, Jacob Adriaensz Backer, António Vieira, and Pieter Post. Among people deceased in 1679, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli ranks 4. Before him are Thomas Hobbes, Jan Steen, and Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria. After him are Joost van den Vondel, John of Austria the Younger, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, Marie de Rohan, Willem van Aelst, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Jean François Paul de Gondi, and Francesco Barberini.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli ranks 981 out of 5,161. Before him are Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400), Italo Gariboldi (1879), Scribonia (-70), Pietro Pomponazzi (1462), Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1870), and Gerard of Cremona (1114). After him are Giovanni Giolitti (1842), Barbara Strozzi (1619), Sextus Pompey (-67), Vittoria Colonna (1490), Lucia Bosè (1931), and Stesichorus (-630).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli ranks 7. Before him are Florence Nightingale (1820), Cesare Lombroso (1835), Camillo Golgi (1843), Marcello Malpighi (1628), Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909), and Francesco Redi (1626). After him are Peter Damian (1007), Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Bernardino of Siena (1380), Trota of Salerno (1001), Andrea Cesalpino (1519), and Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682).

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