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Luca Ghini
1566May, 4

Luca Ghini

Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)
Luca Ghini (Casalfiumanese, 1490 – Bologna, 4 May 1556) was an Italian physician and botanist, notable as the creator of the first recorded herbarium, as well as the first botanical garden in Europe.

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