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Hieronymus Fabricius

1533 - 1619

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Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente, also known as Girolamo Fabrizio or Hieronymus Fabricius (20 May 1533 – 21 May 1619), was a pioneering anatomist and surgeon known in medical science as "The Father of Embryology.. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hieronymus Fabricius has received more than 122,806 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Hieronymus Fabricius is the 216th most popular physician (down from 215th in 2019), the 1,514th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,527th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Italian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Hieronymus Fabricius ranks 216 out of 502Before him are Norman Bethune, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, Li Shizhen, Carl von Rokitansky, and Paul of Aegina. After him are Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Horst Schumann, Gerard van Swieten, Duchenne de Boulogne, James Black, and Soranus of Ephesus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Hieronymus Fabricius ranks 11Before him are Eric XIV of Sweden, Ismail II, Giacomo della Porta, Andrea Gabrieli, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, and Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. After him are Abdullah Khan II, Mōri Terumoto, Claudio Merulo, Eknath, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Antonio Possevino. Among people deceased in 1619, Hieronymus Fabricius ranks 11Before him are Anne of Denmark, Ludovico Carracci, Lucilio Vanini, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Diane de France, and Lawrence of Brindisi. After him are Shimazu Yoshihiro, Marko Krizin, Denis Calvaert, Stephen Pongracz, Melchior Grodziecki, and Richard Burbage.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Hieronymus Fabricius ranks 1,514 out of 4,668Before him are Desiderata of the Lombards (754), Lucius Aemilius Paullus (-300), Carlo Dolci (1616), Blanche of Anjou (1280), Giuseppe Saragat (1898), and Amintore Fanfani (1908). After him are Paul of the Cross (1694), Alfredo Ottaviani (1890), Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet (1588), Lorenzo Buffon (1929), Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), and Gino Cervi (1901).

Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Hieronymus Fabricius ranks 16Before 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). After him are Saint Fabiola (400), Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666), Realdo Colombo (1516), Mondino de Luzzi (1275), Alessandro Achillini (1463), and Filippo Pacini (1812).