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Willem Piso

Portuguese: Guilherme Piso
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Leiden, South Holland, The Netherlands
Death: November 28, 1678 (66-67)
Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
Place of Burial: Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
Immediate Family:

Son of Harmen Pies and Cornelia van Liesvelt
Husband of Constantia Spranger
Father of Maria Piso

Occupation: lijfarts van graaf Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen
Managed by: George J. Homs
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About Willem Piso

Willem Piso (in Dutch Willem Pies, in Latin Guilielmus Piso, also called Guilherme Piso in Portuguese) (Leiden, 1611 – Amsterdam, November 28, 1678) 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.

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Willem Piso's Timeline

1611
1611
Leiden, South Holland, The Netherlands
1650
December 11, 1650
Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands
1678
November 28, 1678
Age 67
Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
November 28, 1678
Age 67
Westerkerk, Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands