Girolamo Fracastoro

Girolamo Fracastoro was an Italian physician, poet, and scholar in mathematics, geography and astronomy. Fracastoro subscribed to the philosophy of atomism, and rejected appeals to hidden causes in scientific investigation. His studies of the mode of syphilis transmission are an early example of epidemiology.

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Who was born first?

• Girolamo Fracastoro was born 1 year after Johannes Schöner
• Girolamo Fracastoro was born 2 years before Johann Georg Faust
• Girolamo Fracastoro was born 5 years after Nicolaus Copernicus
• Girolamo Fracastoro was born 7 years after Albrecht Dürer
• Girolamo Fracastoro was born 9 years before Michael Stifel

Timeline

1. Albrecht DürerMay 21, 1471 – April 6, 1528
2. Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
3. Johannes SchönerJanuary 16, 1477 – January 16, 1547
4. Girolamo Fracastoro (this page)circa 1478 – August 6, 1553
5. Johann Georg Faust1480–1540
6. Michael Stifel1487 – April 19, 1567

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