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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 169,580 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Alfonso Borelli is the 124th most popular physician (down from 95th in 2019), the 993rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 870th in 2019) and the 9th 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 502Before him are Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Harvey J. Alter, John Eccles, Franz Joseph Gall, Virginia Apgar, and Albert Sabin. After him are Johannes Peter Müller, Niels Kaj Jerne, Santorio Santorio, Albrecht von Haller, Joseph Murray, and Carl Wernicke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1608, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli ranks 6Before him are Evangelista Torricelli, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, John Milton, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, and Tukaram. After him are Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, Ivan Vyhovsky, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, Eudoxia Streshneva, António Vieira, and Pieter Post. Among people deceased in 1679, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli ranks 4Before him are Thomas Hobbes, Jan Steen, and Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria. After him are John of Austria the Younger, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, Joost van den Vondel, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Willem van Aelst, Marie de Rohan, Margherita de' Medici, and Francesco Barberini.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli ranks 993 out of 4,668Before him are Giuseppe Guarneri (1698), Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo (5), Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618), Flavio Briatore (1950), Sandro Pertini (1896), and Maurizio Sarri (1959). After him are Francesco Cossiga (1928), Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400), Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma (1503), Antonio Tabucchi (1943), Niccolò Piccinni (1728), and Valerius Maximus (-100).

Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli ranks 9Before him are Camillo Golgi (1843), Marcello Malpighi (1628), Francesco Redi (1626), Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909), Bernardino of Siena (1380), and Peter Damian (1007). After him are Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682), Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501), Bernardino Ramazzini (1633), Trota of Salerno (1001), and Andrea Cesalpino (1519).