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Hieronymus Fabricius

Hieronymus Fabricius

Anatomist
Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente, also known as Girolamo Fabrizio or Hieronymus Fabricius, was a pioneering anatomist and surgeon known in medical science as "The Father of Embryology." Wikipedia
Born: Acquapendente, Italy
Died: May 21, 1619, Padua, Italy
Books: Embryological Treatises and The Embryological Treatises of Hieronymus Fabricius of Aquapendente: The Formation of the Egg and of the Chick De Formatione Ovi Et Pulli The Formed Fetus De Formato Foetu
Doctoral students: William Harvey; Adriaan van den Spiegel; Johannes Heurnius; Jan Jesenius