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Andrea Cesalpino (Latinized as Andreas Cæsalpinus) (1524/1525 – 23 February 1603) was a Florentine physician, philosopher and botanist. In his works he classified plants according to their fruits and seeds, rather than alphabetically or by medicinal properties. In 1555, he succeeded Luca Ghini as director of the botanical garden in Pisa.
- 23 February 1603 (aged 78)
- 6 June 1524, Arezzo, Republic of Florence
- Quaestionum peripateticarum libri V (1569), De plantis libri XVI (1583)
- University of Pisa
taxonomy. Andrea Cesalpino (born June 6, 1519, Arezzo, Tuscany [Italy]—died Feb. 23, 1603, Rome) was an Italian physician, philosopher, and botanist who sought a philosophical and theoretical approach to plant classification based on unified and coherent principles rather than on alphabetical sequence or medicinal properties.
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Jun 27, 2018 · CESALPINO, ANDREA (OR ANDREAS CAESALPINUS) (b. Arezzo, Italy, 6 June 1519; d, Rome, Italy, 23 February 1603) medicine, botany, philosophy. Cesalpino studied philosophy and medicine at Pisa, where he received the doctorate in 1551. Four years later he succeeded his teacher Luca Ghini as professor of medicine and director of the botanical garden ...
Feb 23, 2021 · On February 23, 1603, Italian physician, philosopher and botanist Andrea Cesalpino passed away. He classified plants according to their fruits and seeds, rather than alphabetically or by medicinal properties. He helped establish botany as an independent science and also made contributions to medical science and physiology. Andrea Cesalpino ...
Andrea Cesalpino (1524/5-1603) studied botany at the University of Pisa as part of his medical training under Luca Ghini (1490-1556) and lectured in philosophy, medicine and botany in the university after qualification. He became Director of the Pisa Botanic garden in 1554-1558, succeeding Ghini who had set it up in 1547, one year after the ...
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Jun 6, 2022 · JUNE 6, 2022. Andrea Cesalpino, an Italian physician, philosopher, and botanist, was born June 6, 1519, in Arezzo, Tuscany. Cesalpino was a staunch Aristotelian philosopher; indeed, his first major book was...
Oct 28, 2022 · Andrea Cesalpino is an important figure in the history of science. He demonstrated that blood circulates into heart from veins and from the heart to arteries, paving the way to Harvey’s complete description of blood circulation. Moreover, he was the founder of...
