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Pierre Belon
1517-01-01 – 1564-04-00
Life & Legacy
Pierre Belon (1517–1564) was a French traveller, naturalist, writer and diplomat. Like many others of the Renaissance period, he studied and wrote on a range of topics including ichthyology, ornithology, botany, comparative anatomy, architecture and Egyptology. He is sometimes known as Pierre Belon du Mans, or, in the Latin in which his works appeared, as Petrus Bellonius Cenomanus. The Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (known for Pavlov's dogs) called him the "prophet of comparative anatomy".
Occupation & Career
naturalist, writer, zoologist, physician, botanist, diplomat, ornithologist, ichthyologist, historian
Education
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier
Legacy Highlights
Education & Institutions
Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier · Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q445560 — wikidata View source
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