Willem Piso
✓ Source-basedfallingDutch physician and naturalist (1611-1678)
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Willem Piso was a Dutch physician and naturalist who participated as an expedition doctor in Dutch Brazil from 1637 - 1644, sponsored by count Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen and the Dutch West India Company. Piso became one of the founders of tropical medicine.
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About this person
Country
NetherlandsCategory
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1611 to 1678 · aged 67
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