Hieronymus Fabricius Scientist

Hieronymus Fabricius or Girolamo Fabrizio or by his Latin name Fabricus ab Aquapendente also Girolamo Fabrizi d'Acquapendente (1537–1619) was a pioneering anatomist and surgeon known in medical science as "The Father of Embryology."

Personal facts

Hieronymus Fabricius
Birth dateMay 20, 1533
Birth place
Acquapendente
Nationality
Italians
Date of deathMay 21, 1619
Place of death
Padua

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Scientist

doctoral advisor
doctoral student
Jan Jesenius
Johannes Heurnius
Salomon Alberti
Field of study
Anatomy

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