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Pedanius Dioscorides

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Pedanius Dioscorides (Ancient Greek: Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης, Pedánios Dioskourídēs; c. 40–90 AD), "the father of pharmacognosy", was a Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author of De materia medica (in the original Ancient Greek: Περὶ ὕλης ἰατρικῆς, Peri hulēs iatrikēs, both meaning "On Medical Material") , a 5-volume Greek encyclopedic pharmacopeia on herbal medicine and related medicinal substances, that was widely read for more than 1,500 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedanius Dioscorides has received more than 468,847 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Pedanius Dioscorides is the 21st most popular physician, the 97th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 100th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Turkish Physician.

Pedanius Dioscorides was a Greek physician, pharmacologist, and botanist who wrote a five-volume book on medicine called De Materia Medica. The book was written in the first century AD and is considered one of the most important pharmacopoeias of all time.

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  • 71.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Pedanius Dioscorides ranks 21 out of 726. Before him are Michael Servetus, Cesare Lombroso, Cyril of Alexandria, Alois Alzheimer, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, and Nestorius. After him are Georgius Agricola, Li Ching-Yuen, Rudolf Virchow, Emil von Behring, Camillo Golgi, and Claude Bernard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 40, Pedanius Dioscorides ranks 2. Before him is Pope Clement I. After him are Martial, Statius, Claudia Octavia, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Dio Chrysostom, Lucius Licinius Sura, and Lucius Flavius Silva. Among people deceased in 90, Pedanius Dioscorides ranks 1. After him are Onesimus, and Artabanus III of Parthia.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Pedanius Dioscorides ranks 97 out of 1,347. Before him are Romanos IV Diogenes (1030), Leo III the Isaurian (675), Nestorius (381), Ephrem the Syrian (306), Ignatius of Antioch (35), and Mustafa IV (1779). After him are Enver Pasha (1881), Irenaeus (130), Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca (1853), İsmet İnönü (1884), Cassius Dio (155), and Andromache (null).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Türkiye

Among physicians born in Türkiye, Pedanius Dioscorides ranks 4. Before him are Galen (129), Basil of Caesarea (329), and Nestorius (381). After him are Polycarp (69), Herophilos (-335), Ctesias (-440), Aretaeus of Cappadocia (100), Asclepiades of Bithynia (-120), Soranus of Ephesus (98), Caesarius of Nazianzus (330), and Aëtius of Amida (502).

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