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Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente, Italian Geronimo, or Girolamo, Fabrizio, or Fabrici (born May 20, 1537, Acquapendente, Italy—died May 21, 1619, Padua), Italian surgeon, an outstanding Renaissance anatomist who helped found modern embryology.
He spent most of his life at the University of Padua, where he studied under the eminent anatomist Gabriel Fallopius. As Fallopius’ successor to the chair of surgery and anatomy (1562–1613), Fabricius built a reputation that attracted students from all of Europe. The English anatomist William Harvey was his pupil. In De Venarum Ostiolis (1603; “On the Valves of the Veins”), Fabricius gave the first clear description of ... (100 of 210 words)
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