Antonio Musa Brassavola, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antonio Musa Brassavola

physician and botanist

Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1500

Place of Birth: Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Date of Death: 06-Jul-1555

Profession: physician, botanist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Antonio Musa Brassavola (variously spelled Brasavoli, Brasavola, or Brasavoli; 16 January 1500 – 1555) was an Italian physician and one of the most famous of his time.
He studied under Niccolò Leoniceno and Giovanni Manardo.
He was the friend and physician of Ercole II, the duke of Este.
He was also the consulting physician of Kings Francis I, Charles V, Henry VIII and Popes Paul III, Leo X, Clement VIII and Julius III.
He performed the first successful tracheotomy, and published an account of it in 1546.
He was the chair of philosophy in Ferrara and also studied botany and medicine.
A genus of orchid, called Brassavola, is named after him.