# Prospero Alpini

> Prospero Alpini was a Venetian physician and botanist. He travelled around Egypt and served as the fourth prefect in charge of the botanical garden of Padua. He wrote several botanical treatises which covered exotic plants of economic and medicinal value. His description of coffee and banana plants are considered the oldest in European literature. The ginger-family genus Alpinia was named in his honour by Carolus Linnaeus.

*Venetian physician and botanist (1553-1616)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1553-11-23
- **Died:** 1616-11-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.9 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 16.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Просперо Альпіні](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96)
- [بروسبيرو ألبيني](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A)
- [Prospero Alpini](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero_Alpini)
- [Prospero Alpino](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero_Alpino)
- [Prospero Alpini](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero_Alpini)
- [Προσπέρο Αλπίνι](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%80%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BF_%CE%91%CE%BB%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B9)
- [Prospero Alpini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero_Alpini)
- [Prospero Alpini](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero_Alpini)
- [Prospero Alpini](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero_Alpini)
- [Prospero Alpini](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero_Alpini)
- [Prospero Alpini](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero_Alpini)
- [プロスペロ・アルピーニ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B)
- [Prosper Alpinus](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper_Alpinus)
- [Просперо Алпини](https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8)
- [പ്രോസ്പെറോ ആല്പിനി](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8B_%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF)
- [Prospero Alpini](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero_Alpini)
- [Prospero Alpini](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero_Alpini)
- [Альпини, Просперо](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE)
- [ᱯᱨᱚᱥᱯᱮᱨᱚ ᱟᱞᱯᱤᱱᱤ](https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9A_%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%A4)
- [Prospero Alpinio](https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero_Alpinio)
- [Prospero Alpini](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero_Alpini)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538065)

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