Prospero Alpini
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 406 years ago |
Born | Marostica |
Italy | |
Died | Padua |
Italy | |
Books | The Presages of Life and Death in Diseases. in Seven . in Which the Whole Hippocratic Method of Predicting the Various Terminations and Events of Diseases, Is Illustrated by Prosper Alpinus. by R. James of 2; Volume 2 |
Fields | Botany |
Medicine | |
Job | Physician |
Plant Biologist | |
Date of birth | November 23,1553 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Author abbrev botani | Alpino |
Nationality | Italian |
Venetian | |
Known for | palms |
Date of died | February 6,1617 |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 630282 |
Prospero Alpini Life story
Prospero Alpini was a Venetian physician and botanist. He travelled around Egypt and served as the fourth prefect in charge of the botanical garden of Padua. He wrote several botanical treatises which covered exotic plants of economic and medicinal value.