1553
Michael Servetus, Spanish physician and theologian (born 1511)
Michael Servetus, Spanish physician and theologian (born 1511)
Michael Servetus, Spanish physician and theologian (born 1511)
Michael Servetus
16th-century Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer and Renaissance humanist
- Born
- 1511
Michael Servetus was a Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer, and Renaissance humanist. He was the first European to correctly describe the function of pulmonary circulation, as discussed in Christianismi Restitutio (1553). He was a polymath versed in many sciences: mathematics, astronomy and meteorology, geography, human anatomy, medicine and pharmacology, as well as jurisprudence, translation, poetry, and the scholarly study of the Bible in its original languages.
Events associated with Michael Servetus
1511
Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, cartographer, and theologian (died 1553)
Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, cartographer, and theologian (died 1553)
Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, cartographer, and theologian (died 1553)