Hieronymus Fabricius
Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente, also known as Girolamo Fabrizio or Hieronymus Fabricius (20 May 1533 – 21 May 1619), was a pioneering anatomist and surgeon known in medical science as "The Father of Embryology."
Hieronymus Fabricius | |
|---|---|
Girolamo Fabrizi d' Acquapendente | |
| Born | 20 May 1533 |
| Died | 21 May 1619 (aged 86) Padua |
| 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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