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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 128,417 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Hieronymus Fabricius is the 237th most popular physician (down from 216th in 2019), the 1,693rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,510th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Physician.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Hieronymus Fabricius ranks 237 out of 726. Before him are Johann Weyer, Aletta Jacobs, Alessandro Achillini, James Lind, John Hunter, and Vladimir Dal. After him are Norman Bethune, Hans Berger, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, Randy Schekman, Marcel Petiot, and Frederik Ruysch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Hieronymus Fabricius ranks 14. Before him are Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Andrea Gabrieli, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Abdullah Khan II, Claudio Merulo, and Mōri Terumoto. After him are Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Eknath, Antonio Possevino, Alonso de Ercilla, Cornelis Cort, and Ōmura Sumitada. Among people deceased in 1619, Hieronymus Fabricius ranks 12. Before him are Ludovico Carracci, Shimazu Yoshihiro, Lawrence of Brindisi, Lucilio Vanini, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, and Diane de France. After him are Marko Krizin, Denis Calvaert, Stephen Pongracz, Melchior Grodziecki, Öküz Mehmed Pasha, and Jagat Gosain.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Hieronymus Fabricius ranks 1,693 out of 5,161. Before him are Jacopo Riccati (1676), Domenico Fetti (1589), Amadeus III, Count of Savoy (1095), Ratchis (800), Hermocrates (-500), and Rafael Sabatini (1875). After him are Palma il Giovane (1548), Lippo Memmi (1291), Nino Manfredi (1921), Galileo Ferraris (1847), Agnolo Gaddi (1350), and Bernardo Rossellino (1409).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Hieronymus Fabricius ranks 17. Before him are Trota of Salerno (1001), Andrea Cesalpino (1519), Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682), Bernardino Ramazzini (1633), Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501), and Alessandro Achillini (1463). After him are Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666), Saint Fabiola (400), Ennio Antonelli (1936), Realdo Colombo (1516), Filippo Pacini (1812), and Mondino de Luzzi (1275).

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