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Santorio Santorio

1561 - 1636

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Santorio Santorio (29 March 1561 – 25 February 1636) whose real name was Santorio Santori (or de' Sanctoriis) better known in English as Sanctorius of Padua was an Italian physiologist, physician, and professor, who introduced the quantitative approach into the life sciences and is considered the father of experimental physiology. He is also known as the inventor of several medical devices. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Santorio Santorio has received more than 173,110 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Santorio Santorio is the 117th most popular physician (up from 127th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Slovenia (up from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Slovene Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Santorio Santorio ranks 117 out of 726. Before him are Jonas Salk, Andrew Schally, Arvid Carlsson, Friedrich Miescher, Niels Kaj Jerne, and Ryke Geerd Hamer. After him are Erasistratus, Francis Peyton Rous, Franz Joseph Gall, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, John Eccles, and Ragnar Granit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1561, Santorio Santorio ranks 4. Before him are Francis Bacon, Jacopo Peri, and Luis de Góngora. After him are Katō Kiyomasa, Anna Maria of the Palatinate, Henry Briggs, Ii Naomasa, Fukushima Masanori, Thomas Fincke, Adriaan van Roomen, and Philippe van Lansberge. Among people deceased in 1636, Santorio Santorio ranks 3. Before him are Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and Date Masamune. After him are Mulla Sadra, Dong Qichang, Sendivogius, Stefano Maderno, Iskandar Muda, Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, John Albert II, Gregorio Fernández, and Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Santorio Santorio ranks 7 out of 340. Before him are Barbara of Cilli (1392), Giuseppe Tartini (1692), France Prešeren (1800), Slavoj Žižek (1949), Jože Plečnik (1872), and Hugo Wolf (1860). After him are Milan Kučan (1941), Antonio Abetti (1846), Hemma of Gurk (980), Edvard Kardelj (1910), Franz Miklosich (1813), and Janez Drnovšek (1950).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Slovenia

Among physicians born in Slovenia, Santorio Santorio ranks 1. 

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