List of Famous people named Franciscus

Shortened forms: Frans. Here are some famous Franciscuses:

Francesco Patrizi

First Name Francesco
Last Name Patrizi
Born on April 25, 1529
Died on February 6, 1597 (aged 67)

Franciscus Patricius was an Italian philosopher and scientist of Croatian descent from the Republic of Venice. He was known as a defender of Platonism and an opponent of Aristotelianism. In Croatia he is mostly referred to as Franjo Petriš or Frane Petrić. His family name in Cres was known as Petris.

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Franciscus Dousa

First Name Franciscus
Last Name Dousa
Died on December 11, 1630

Franciscus Dousa was a Dutch classical scholar at Leiden University. He was a younger son of Janus Dousa, a pupil of Justus Lipsius, and a friend of Joseph Justus Scaliger.

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Franciscus Raphelengius

First Name Franciscus
Last Name Raphelengius
Died on July 20, 1597

Frans van Ravelingen Latinized Franciscus Raphelengius, was a Flemish-born scholar, printer and publisher, working in Antwerp and later in Leiden. During the last decade of his life he was professor of Hebrew at Leiden University. He produced an Arabic-Latin dictionary, of about 550 pages, which was published posthumously in 1613 in Leiden. This was the first publication by printing press of a book-length dictionary for the Arabic language in Latin.

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Franciscus Donders

Franciscus Cornelis Donders
First Name Franciscus
Last Name Donders
Born on May 27, 1818
Died on March 24, 1889 (aged 70)

Franciscus (Franz) Cornelius Donders FRS FRSE was a Dutch ophthalmologist. During his career, he was a professor of physiology in Utrecht, and was internationally regarded as an authority on eye diseases, directing the Netherlands Hospital for Eye Patients. Along with Graefe and Helmholtz, he was one of the primary founders of scientific ophthalmology.

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Franciscus Welirang

First Name Franciscus
Last Name Welirang
Born on November 9, 1951 (age 73)
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Franciscus Junius

First Name Franciscus
Last Name Junius
Died on November 19, 1677

Franciscus Junius, also known as François du Jon, was a pioneer of Germanic philology. As a collector of ancient manuscripts, he published the first modern editions of a number of important texts. In addition, he wrote the first comprehensive overview of ancient writings on the visual arts, which became a cornerstone of classical art theories throughout Europe.

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Franciscus Junius

First Name Franciscus
Last Name Junius
Born on May 11, 1545
Died on October 13, 1602 (aged 57)

Franciscus Junius the Elder was a Reformed scholar, Protestant reformer and theologian. Born in Bourges in central France, he initially studied law, but later decided to study theology in Geneva under John Calvin and Theodore Beza. He became a minister in Antwerp, but was forced to flee to Heidelberg in 1567. He wrote a translation of the Bible into Latin with Emmanuel Tremellius, and his Treatise on True Theology was an often used text in Reformed scholasticism.

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Franciscus Jacobus van Vree

First Name Franciscus
Last Name Vree
Died on January 31, 1861
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Franciscus Sylvius

First Name Franciscus
Last Name Sylvius
Died on November 19, 1672
Born in Germany, Hesse

Franciscus Sylvius, born Franz de le Boë, was a Dutch physician and scientist who was an early champion of Descartes', Van Helmont's and William Harvey's work and theories. He was one of the earliest defenders of the theory of circulation of the blood in the Netherlands, and commonly falsely cited as the inventor of gin – others pin point the origin of gin to Italy.

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Franciscus Boermans

First Name Franciscus
Last Name Boermans
Born on December 15, 1815
Died on February 3, 1900 (aged 84)
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