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Hieronymus Fabricius
Italian physician, anatomist and surgeon (1533ā1619) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente, also known as Girolamo Fabrizio or Hieronymus Fabricius (20 May 1533 ā 21 May 1619), was a pioneering anatomist and surgeon known in medical science as "The Father of Embryology."
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Hieronymus Fabricius | |
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![]() Girolamo Fabrizi d' Acquapendente | |
Born | 20 May 1533 |
Died | 21 May 1619 (1619-05-22) (aged 86) |
Nationality | Italian |
Education | University of Padua (M.D., 1559) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Anatomy |
Institutions | University of Padua |
Doctoral advisor | Gabriele Falloppio |
Doctoral students | William Harvey Adriaan van den Spiegel Johannes Heurnius Jan Jesenius |
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