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Valerius Cordus

1515 - 1544

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Valerius Cordus (18 February 1515 – 25 September 1544) was a German physician, botanist and pharmacologist who authored the first pharmacopoeia North of the Alps and one of the most celebrated herbals in history. He is also widely credited with developing a method for synthesizing ether (which he called by the Latin name oleum dulci vitrioli, or "sweet oil of vitriol"). Cordus wrote prolifically, and identified and described several new plant species and varieties. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valerius Cordus has received more than 73,328 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Valerius Cordus is the 273rd most popular biologist (up from 401st in 2019), the 2,282nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,784th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Valerius Cordus ranks 273 out of 841. Before him are Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, June Almeida, Fritz Müller, Alain Bombard, Erich von Tschermak, and Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov. After him are Carl Hagenbeck, Arthur Tansley, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Jacob Christian Schäffer, and Alexander von Middendorff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1515, Valerius Cordus ranks 19. Before him are Cipriano de Rore, Johann Weyer, Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Margaret Douglas, and Hōjō Ujiyasu. After him are Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, Francisco de Toledo, Giorgio Biandrata, Francisco Hernández de Toledo, and Juan Bautista de Toledo. Among people deceased in 1544, Valerius Cordus ranks 8. Before him are Manco Inca Yupanqui, Hwang Jini, Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, Clément Marot, Pedro Damiano, and Johannes Magnus. After him are Louis V, Elector Palatine, Ruy López de Villalobos, Antonio de Guevara, Teofilo Folengo, Bonaventure des Périers, and Nilakantha Somayaji.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Valerius Cordus ranks 2,282 out of 6,142. Before him are Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel (1809), Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin (1684), Max Pauly (1907), Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794), Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676), and Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1890). After him are Hugo Schuchardt (1842), Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen (1763), Gretl Braun (1915), Carl Hagenbeck (1844), George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1547), and Anna of Cleves (1552).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Valerius Cordus ranks 43. Before him are Carl Correns (1864), August Grisebach (1814), Hermann Schlegel (1804), Eduard Rüppell (1794), Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (1809), and Fritz Müller (1822). After him are Carl Hagenbeck (1844), Jacob Christian Schäffer (1718), Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794), Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802), Wilhelm Peters (1815), and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (1797).

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