Willem Piso
Physician, Deceased Person
1611 – 1678
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Who was Willem Piso?
Willem Piso was a Dutch physician and naturalist who participated as an expedition doctor in Dutch Brazil from 1637 – 1644, sponsored by the Earl Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen and the Dutch West India Company. Piso became one of the founders of Tropical medicine.
A minor planet, 11240 Piso, and the plant genus Pisonia are named for him.
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