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1550 In Science
Medicine * ''approx. date'' – Establishment of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in London. Technology * Commencement of laying out of gardens at the Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Italy, for Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este with sophisticated hydraulic features designed by Tommaso Chiruchi with Claude Venard. Publications * Gerolamo Cardano publishes his comprehensive survey of the natural sciences, ''De subtilitate'', in Nuremberg. * Giovanni Battista Ramusio begins publication of ''Navigationi et Viaggi'' ("Navigations and Travels"), a collection of explorers' first-hand accounts of their travels, the first work of its kind. Births * September 30 – Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1631) * John Napier, Scottish mathematician (died 1617) * Anselmus de Boodt, Flemish mineralogist and physician (died 1632) * Jacques Guillemeau, French surgeon (died 1613) * Ferrante Imperato, Neapolitan natural historian (died 1625) * ''approximate date'' ** Willem Barent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anselmus De Boodt
Anselmus de Boodt or Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt (Bruges, 1550 - Bruges, 21 June 1632) was a Flemish humanist, mineralogist, physician and naturalist. Along with the German known as Georgius Agricola, de Boodt was responsible for establishing modern mineralogy. De Boodt was an avid mineral collector who travelled widely to various mining regions in Germany, Bohemia and Silesia to collect samples. His definitive work on the subject was the ''Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia'' (1609). De Boodt was also a gifted draughtsman who made many natural history illustrations and developed a natural history taxonomy. Early life De Boodt descended from an aristocratic family. His ancestors had come from Dortrecht in the 13th century. His father Anselmus de Boodt (1519-1587) was a renowned broker who also provided overseas insurance coverage. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Barentsz
Willem Barentsz (; – 20 June 1597), anglicized as William Barents or Barentz, was a Dutch Republic, Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer. Barentsz went on three expeditions to the far north in search for a Northern Sea Route, Northeast passage. He reached as far as Novaya Zemlya and the Kara Sea in his first two voyages, but was turned back on both occasions by ice. During a third expedition, the crew discovered Spitsbergen and Bear Island (Norway), Bear Island, but subsequently became stranded on Novaya Zemlya for almost a year. Barentsz died on the return voyage in 1597. The Barents Sea, among many other places, is named after him. Life and career Willem Barentsz was born around 1550 in the village Formerum on the island Terschelling in the Seventeen Provinces, present-day Netherlands. ''Barentsz'' was not his surname but rather his Dutch_name#Patronymics, patronymic name, short for ''Barentszoon'' "Barent's son". A cartographer by trade, Barentsz sailed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1625 In Science
The year 1625 in science and technology involved some significant events. Chemistry * First description of hydrogen by Jan Baptist van Helmont, Johann Baptista van Helmont. First to use the word "gas". * Johann Rudolf Glauber discovers sodium sulfate (''sal mirabilis'' or "Glauber's salt", used as a laxative) in Austrian spring water. Births * June 8 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Giovanni Cassini, Italian people, Italian astronomer (died 1712 in science, 1712) * March 25 – John Collins (mathematician), John Collins, English people, English mathematician (died 1683 in science, 1683) * August 13 – Rasmus Bartholin, Danes, Danish scientist (died 1698 in science, 1698) * December 16 – Erhard Weigel, German people, German mathematician and scientific populariser (died 1699 in science, 1699) * December 20 – David Gregory (physician), David Gregory, Scottish people, Scottish physician and inventor (died 1720 in science, 1720) * Samuel Morland, English inventor (died 1695 in sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. Its province-level municipality is the third-most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 3,115,320 residents, and its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately 20 miles. Founded by Greeks in the first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope ( grc, Παρθενόπη) was established on the Pizzofalcone hill. In the sixth century BC, it was refounded as Neápolis. The city was an important part of Magna Graecia, played a major role in the merging of Greek and Roman society, and was a significant cultural centre under the Romans. Naples served a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferrante Imperato
Ferrante Imperato (1525? – 1615?), an apothecary of Naples, published ''Dell'Historia Naturale'' (Naples 1599) and illustrated it with his own cabinet of curiosities displayed at Palazzo Gravina in Naples; the engraving became the first pictorial representation of a Renaissance humanist's displayed natural history research collection. The collection, which the published catalogue made as famous in the seventeenth century as that of that other famous apothecary and ''virtuoso'', Francesco Calceolari of Verona, ranged widely; it embraced a herbarium, shells, birds, sea creatures, in addition to the fossils, clays, minerals and metallic ores, marble and gem species. It was maintained by his son Francesco, who assisted him in writing up his observations, and who may be seen in the engraving pointing out details of the specimens to two visitors as Ferrante looks on. Ferrante Imperato, who ranged southern Italy making geological observations, took as his motto ''In dies auctior.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1613 In Science
The year 1613 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy * Galileo Galilei publishes ''Letters on Sunspots'', the first major work on the topic. Paleontology * Bones, probably of an elephant, are found in France but at first interpreted to belong to a giant human. Technology * September 29 – The New River (engineered by Sir Hugh Myddelton) is opened to supply London with drinking water from Hertfordshire. Births * March 6 – Stjepan Gradić, Ragusan polymath (died 1683) * September 25 – Claude Perrault, French architect and physicist (died 1688) Deaths * June 16 – Jakob Christmann, German orientalist and astronomer (born 1554) * July 2 – Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, German trigonometrist (born 1561) * August 25 – David Gans, German Jewish mathematician and astronomer (born 1541) * Mathew Baker, English shipwright (born 1530) * Johann Bauhin, Swiss physician and botanist (born 1541) * Jacques Guillemeau, French surgeon (born 1550 __NO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surgeon
In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon usually is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as physicians before specializing in surgery. There are also surgeons in podiatry, dentistry, and veterinary medicine. It is estimated that surgeons perform over 300 million surgical procedures globally each year. History The first person to document a surgery was the 6th century BC Indian physician-surgeon, Sushruta. He specialized in cosmetic plastic surgery and even documented an open rhinoplasty procedure.Ira D. Papel, John Frodel, ''Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery'' His magnum opus ''Suśruta-saṃhitā'' is one of the most important surviving ancient treatises on medicine and is considered a foundational text of both Ayurveda and surgery. The treatise addresses all aspects of general medicine, but the translator G. D. Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French People
The French people (french: Français) are an ethnic group and nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history, and language, identified with the country of France. The French people, especially the native speakers of langues d'oïl from northern and central France, are primarily the descendants of Gauls (including the Belgae) and Romans (or Gallo-Romans, western European Celtic and Italic peoples), as well as Germanic peoples such as the Franks, the Visigoths, the Suebi and the Burgundians who settled in Gaul from east of the Rhine after the fall of the Roman Empire, as well as various later waves of lower-level irregular migration that have continued to the present day. The Norse also settled in Normandy in the 10th century and contributed significantly to the ancestry of the Normans. Furthermore, regional ethnic minorities also exist within France that have distinct lineages, languages and cultures such as Bretons in Brittany, Occi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Guillemeau
Jacques Guillemeau (1550–1613) was a French surgeon from Orléans. He is credited for making pioneer contributions in the fields of obstetrics, ophthalmology and pediatrics. He was a surgeon at Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, and a favored student of Ambroise Paré (1510–1590), who was also his father-in-law. Guillemeau, like Paré, was a surgeon to French royalty. In 1584 Guillemeau published ''Traité des maladies de l'oeil'' ("Treatise on eye diseases"), considered one of the best Renaissance-era works in ophthalmic medicine. He is also credited for providing the first description involving repair of palpebral coloboma, an eyelid defect he referred to as ''paupieres accurcies''. In 1609 he published ''De l'heureux accouchement des femmes'' ("The happy delivery of women"),Translated into English in 1612 the first description of a method of assisted breech delivery popularized by other physicians, and sometimes known as the " Mauriceau-Smellie-Veit maneuver". Guillemeau was a pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1632 In Science
The year 1632 in science and technology involved some significant events. Events * The University of Tartu in Swedish Livonia is founded. Astronomy * February 22 – Galileo's '' Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems'' (''Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo''), comparing the Copernican system with the traditional Ptolemaic view, is published in Florence and delivered to his patron, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. * August 9 – Leiden University in the Dutch Republic resolves to erect the world's first official observatory. Earth sciences * Martine Bertereau, Baroness de Beausoleil, publishes ''Véritable déclaration de la découverte des mines et minières''. Births * October 24 – Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch pioneer of microscopy (died 1723) * Henry Compton, English bishop and botanist (died 1713) Deaths * January 31 – Jost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (born 1552) * May 24 – Robert Hues, English mathematician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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