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Luca Ghini

1490 - 1556

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Luca Ghini (Casalfiumanese, 1490 – Bologna, 4 May 1556) was an Italian physician and botanist, notable as the creator of the first recorded herbarium, as well as the first botanical garden in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luca Ghini has received more than 55,947 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Luca Ghini is the 418th most popular physician (up from 470th in 2019).

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  • 52.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Luca Ghini ranks 418 out of 726. Before him are Adrien Proust, Scipione Riva-Rocci, Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde, Luigi Carlo Farini, Shinobu Ishihara, and Harvey Cushing. After him are José Gregorio Hernández, Helen B. Taussig, Wilhelm Stekel, David Cooper, William Kaelin Jr., and Giorgio Biandrata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1490, Luca Ghini ranks 23. Before him are Galvarino, Nikola Jurišić, Mohammed al-Shaykh, Caspar Schwenckfeld, Claudin de Sermisy, and John Taverner. After him are Adriaen Isenbrandt, and Juan Boscán Almogáver. Among people deceased in 1556, Luca Ghini ranks 15. Before him are Maximus the Greek, Saitō Dōsan, Tullia d'Aragona, Richard Chancellor, Luigi Alamanni, and Francesco Venier. After him are Hemu, Giovanni della Casa, Domingo Martínez de Irala, and Konrad Pellikan.

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