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Johan Van Heurne, Latinized as Joannes Heurnius, born February 4, 1543 in Utrecht and died August 11, 1601 in Leiden, is a Dutch physician and natural philosopher.
From an ancient and illustrious family1, Van Heurne, after showing little aptitude for science until the age of fifteen, although he studied with great zeal, he showed extraordinary dispositions and aptitude for science. medicine, which he studied at the University of Leiden, then in Paris, under Jean Duret, and finally under Girolamo Fabrizi at the University of Padua where he was examined by the latter and Pierre de La Ramée for obtaining, in 1566, his doctorate in medicine2. One of the professors of Padua wanted to give him his chair, and give him his daughter in marriage, but he had to leave precisely
From an ancient and illustrious family1, Van Heurne, after showing little aptitude for science until the age of fifteen, although he studied with great zeal, he showed extraordinary dispositions and aptitude for science. medicine, which he studied at the University of Leiden, then in Paris, under Jean Duret, and finally under Girolamo Fabrizi at the University of Padua where he was examined by the latter and Pierre de La Ramée for obtaining, in 1566, his doctorate in medicine2. One of the professors of Padua wanted to give him his chair, and give him his daughter in marriage, but he had to leave precisely