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Jean Francois Fernel, French Polymath
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Title: Jean Francois Fernel, French Polymath
Caption: Jean Francois Fernel (1497-1558) was a French physician who introduced the term "physiology" to describe the study of the body's function. He was the first person to describe the spinal canal. The lunar crater Fernelius is named after him. His mathematical and astronomical studies included: Cosmotheoria (1528) determination of a degree of arc of the meridian, Monalosphaerium(1526), and De proportionibus (1528).
Category: black & white • Science: Personalities
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Image size: 3000 × 3583 px | 30.8 MB
Print size: 25.4 × 30.3 cm | 1181.1 × 1410.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 1497 • 1558 • 16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16 CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 16TH • ART • ARTWORK • BLACK & WHITE • BW • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • COSMOTHEORIA • DE PROPORTIONIBUS • DRAWING • EUROPEA • EUROPEAN • EUROPEANS • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • FERNEL • FERNELII • FERNELIUS • FIGURE • FRENCH • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL DOCTOR • HISTORICAL PHYSICIAN • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • IMPORTANT • J. F. FERNEL • J. FERNEL • J. FERNELII • JEAN F. FERNEL • JEAN FERNEL • JEAN FRANCOIS FERNEL • JOAN FERNELII • LUNAR CRATER • MALE • MAN • MEDICINE • MEN • MONALOSPHAERIUM • NOTABLE • PEOPLE • PERSON • PERSONALITIES • PERSONALITY • PHYSIOLOGIE • PHYSIOLOGY • POLYMATH • SCIENCE • SCIENCE: PERSONALITIES • SPINAL CANAL • WELL-KNOWN • XVI CENTURY
