Guillaume Rondelet | |
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![]() Guillaume Rondelet in 1545 | |
Born | 27 September 1507 |
Died | 30 July 1566 (aged 58) |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Anatomy Botany Medicine Zoology |
Institutions | University of Montpellier |
Academic advisors | Johann Winter von Andernach |
Doctoral students | Felix Plater |
Other notable students | Volcher Coiter |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Rondelet |
Guillaume Rondelet (27 September 1507 – 30 July 1566[1]), also known as Rondeletus/Rondeletius, was Regius professor of medicine at the University of Montpellier in southern France and Chancellor of the University between 1556 and his death in 1566. He achieved renown as an anatomist and a naturalist with a particular interest in botany and ichthyology. His major work was a lengthy treatise on marine animals, which took two years to write and became a standard reference work for about a century afterwards, but his lasting impact lay in his education of a roster of star pupils who became leading figures in the world of late-16th century science.