Prospero Alpini
Venetian physician and botanist (1553-1616) · Doctors · Died at 63
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.
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About this person
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.
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1553 to 1616 · aged 63
