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Rembert Dodoens

1517 - 1585

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Rembert Dodoens (born Rembert Van Joenckema, 29 June 1517 – 10 March 1585) was a Flemish physician and botanist, also known under his Latinized name Rembertus Dodonaeus. He has been called the father of botany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rembert Dodoens has received more than 74,490 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Rembert Dodoens is the 273rd most popular physician (up from 285th in 2019), the 247th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 271st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Physician.

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  • 56.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Rembert Dodoens ranks 273 out of 726. Before him are Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, May-Britt Moser, Richard Axel, Bian Que, James Barry, and Gavriil Ilizarov. After him are Michael DeBakey, Edmond Locard, Kadambini Ganguly, 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi, Leonid Kulik, and Vera Weizmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1517, Rembert Dodoens ranks 9. Before him are Gioseffo Zarlino, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, Li Shizhen, and Pierre Belon. After him are Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and Jacques Pelletier du Mans. Among people deceased in 1585, Rembert Dodoens ranks 9. Before him are Ismihan Sultan, Yermak Timofeyevich, Andrea Gabrieli, Thomas Tallis, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, and Pontus De la Gardie. After him are Luca Cambiaso, and Nicolò da Ponte.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Rembert Dodoens ranks 247 out of 1,190. Before him are Emile Vandervelde (1866), Guy Thys (1922), Henri Milne-Edwards (1800), Antoine Wiertz (1806), Guillaume Lekeu (1870), and Jacques Feyder (1885). After him are François Duquesnoy (1597), Henry III, Duke of Brabant (1231), John II, Duke of Brabant (1275), Stromae (1985), Eugène Charles Catalan (1814), and Rimbert (830).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Belgium

Among physicians born in Belgium, Rembert Dodoens ranks 4. Before him are Andreas Vesalius (1514), Jacques Rogge (1942), and Corneille Heymans (1892). After him are Paul Janssen (1926).

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