Girolamo Fracastoro

Girolamo Fracastoro (Latin: Hieronymus Fracastorius; c. 1476/8 – 6 August 1553^[1]) was an Italian physician, poet, and scholar in mathematics, geography and astronomy.^[2] 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.^[3]

^ The date given in the Vita is "octavo idus Augusti MDLIII." (In: Opera omnia, 1555; 1574; 1584); for conversion see e.g. here.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Fracastoro, Girolamo" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 772.
^ BECHET, PAUL E. (1932-11-01). "Hieronymus Fracastorius". Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology. 26 (5): 888–893. doi:10.1001/archderm.1932.01450030889016. ISSN 0096-6029.

[1] The date given in the Vita is "octavo idus Augusti MDLIII." (In: Opera omnia, 1555; 1574; 1584); for conversion see e.g. here.

[2] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Fracastoro, Girolamo" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 772.

[3] BECHET, PAUL E. (1932-11-01). "Hieronymus Fracastorius". Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology. 26 (5): 888–893. doi:10.1001/archderm.1932.01450030889016. ISSN 0096-6029.

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