Born: 1523
Birthplace: Modena, Italy
Died: 9-Oct-1562
Location of death: Padua, Italy
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Doctor

Nationality: Italy
Executive summary: Observationes anatomicae

Italian anatomist, born about 1523 at Modena, where he became a canon of the cathedral. He studied medicine at Ferrara, and, after a European tour, became teacher of anatomy in that city. From there he removed to Pisa, and from Pisa, at the instance of Cosmo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, to Padua, where, besides the chairs of anatomy and surgery and of botany, he held the office of superintendent of the new botanical garden. He died at Padua on the 9th of October 1562. Only one treatise by Fallopius appeared during his lifetime, namely the Observationes anatomicae (Venice, 1561). His collected works, Opera genuina omnia, were published at Venice in 1584.

    University: University of Padua

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