Pedanius Dioscorides
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Anazarbus |
| Known for | De Materia Medica |
| Died | C. 90 AD |
| Job | Physician |
| Writer | |
| Plant Biologist | |
| Books | DE MATERIA MEDICA LIBRI QUINQUE |
| Pedakiou Dioskoridou. . . Peri Eugoriston. . . = Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei . . . | |
| De materia medica | |
| Vienna Dioscurides | |
| Dioscorides and Antipater of Sidon: The Poems | |
| De Materia Medica: Being an Herbal with Many Other Medicinal Materials Written in Greek in the First Century of the Common Era | |
| Die | c. 90 AD |
| Other name | Dioscurides |
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| ID | 587384 |
Pedanius Dioscorides Life story
Pedanius Dioscorides, “the father of pharmacognosy”, was a Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author of De materia medica —a 5-volume Greek encyclopedia about herbal medicine and related medicinal substances, that was widely read for more than 1,500 years.