Georgios Kalafatis ( Greek Γεώργιος Καλαφάτης , Italian Giorgio Calafatti , lat. Georgius Calafattus ; circa 1652 - February 9, 1720 ) - Greek [1] professor of theoretical and practical medicine of the Italian Renaissance [2] Worked mainly in the cities of Padua and Vienna in the seventeenth century.
| Georgios Kalafatis | |
|---|---|
| Γεώργιος Καλαφάτης | |
 Georgios Kalafatis | |
| Date of Birth | OK. 1652 years |
| Place of Birth | Chania , Crete |
| Date of death | February 9, 1720 |
| Place of death | Padua , Italy |
| Occupation | theoretical and practical medicine |
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Biography
Georgios Kalafatis was born on the island of Crete in 1652, in the city of Chania . His father belonged to a wealthy local Greek family [1] , which came from an imperial Byzantine family [2] .
In his early career, Georgios studied medicine and moved to Italy to continue his education. Entering the University of Padua in 1679, he became a professor of practical and theoretical medicine, at the age of only 29 years [2] .
In 1682, Calafatis moved to Venice, where he wrote his work Trattato sopra la peste . Here he met and married Alba Caterina Muazzo, a Venetian from an aristocratic family. In 1692, he became a member of the Academy dei Rikovrati of Padua [2] .
He died on February 9, 1720 in Padua and was buried with his wife in the Basilica [2] .
See also
- Greek Renaissance scholars
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Boehm, Eric H. Historical abstracts: Modern history abstracts, 1450-1914, Volume 46, Issues 3-4. - American Bibliographical Center of ABC-Clio, 1995. - P. 755. - "It was a number of Greek students." They came not only from Venetian dominions (where the percentage reaches 97% of the students of Italian universities) but also from Turkish-occupied territories of Greece. Several professors were Greeks, including Giovanni Cottunio, Niccolo Calliachi, Giorgio Calafatti ... ”.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Francesco Ludovico Maschietto, Jan Vairo, William Crochetiere, Catherine Marshall. Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (1646-1684): the first woman in the world to earn a university degree. - Saint Joseph's University Press, 2007. - P. 252. - “Giorgio Calafatti, son of Stefano, was born in 1652, in Canea on the island of Crete to a rich family descended from the imperial Byzantine family. He became professor of theoretical and practical medicine in 1679 at the University of Padua and a member of the Accademia dei Ricovrati in Padua in 1692. He wrote Trattato sopra la peste (Venice, 1682, in 40). Alba Caterina Muazzo, who died on May 28, 1716. He died in Padua on February 9, 1720; - ISBN 0-916101-57-6 , 9780916101572.