Pedanius Dioscorides was born on January 1, 40[1], in Anazarbus[2]. He died on January 1, 90[3]. He worked as a physician[4], botanist[5], pharmacist[6], and pharmacologist[7]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,761 views/month, #7,163 of 1,000,298).[8]
Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[15], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Pauly–Wissowa[19], BEIC Digital Library[20], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Ancient Greek[22]
Pedanius Dioscorides has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] He is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]
He has been cited as an influence by Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati[29], a botanist[30], 1166–1239[31], of Caliphate of Córdoba[32].
Works attributed to him include De materia medica[33], a written work[34] and Vienna Dioscurides[35], an illuminated manuscript[36], in Austria[37], founded in 0600[38].
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