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Castro, Estêvão Rodrigues de, 1559-1638

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Personal name headingCastro, Estêvão Rodrigues de, 1559-1638
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Rodrigues de Castro, Estêvão, 1560-1638
Castro, Estevão Rodrigues de, 1559-1637?
Biography/History noteEstêvão Rodrigues de Castro was born in Lisbon on November 18, 1559. Rodrigues de Castro earned his degree in medicine from the University of Coimbra on October 26, 1588. He practiced medicine in Lisbon until 1608 when he left for Italy. He settled in Florence, Italy, by 1610 and became court physician & professor at the University of Pisa. He wrote numerous scientific and medical works, earning a reputation as one of the foremost medical authorities of his time. Rodrigues de Castro died on June 30, 1638, and was buried at the Franciscan Church of Ognissanti in Florence, Italy. Rodrigues de Castro's life and works are presented in detail in the 1967 work, Estêvão Rodrigues de Castro. Obras poéticas em português, castelhano, latim, italiano, edited by Giacinto Manuppella and published by the University of Coimbra.
Birth date1559-11-19
Death date1638-06-30
Place of birthLisbon (Portugal)
Place of deathFlorence (Italy)
Field of activityMedicine Poetry
Profession or occupationPhysicians Poets
Found inQuae ex quibus, 1645: title page (Stephani Roderici Castrensis Lusitani, Doct. Medici., necnon apud Pisanos Profess. publ. primarij)
A recepção de Camões no barroco português, 2011: t.p. (Estêvão Rodrigues de Castro)
Estêvão Rodrigues de Castro. Obras poéticas em português, castelhano, latim, italiano (translated), 1967: $b page 51 (Estêvão Rodrigues de Castro was born in Lisbon on 19 November of 1559) page 74 (And Death arrived on the last day of June 1638)
Hispanic Review, vol. 38, no. 1, January 1970: page 115 (Estêvão Rodrigues de Castro, physician and poet; born in Lisbon on November 18, 1559) page 116 (Rodrigues de Castro practiced medicine in Lisbon until 1608; settled in Florence by 1610; died on June 30, 1638 in Florence, Italy)
Wikipedia (translated), viewed November 14, 2018 (Estêvão Rodrigues de Castro or, in the Latinized form, Stephanus Rodericus Castrensis, born in Lisbon in 1559 and died in Florence in 1638) $u https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%AAv%C3%A3o_Rodrigues_de_Castro
OCLC, November 13, 2018 $b (hdgs: Castro, Estêvão Rodrigues de, 1559-1638; Rodrigues de Castro, Estevão Philosoph, 1559-1638; Castro, Estêvão Rodrigues de; Castro, Estêvão Rodrigues de (1559?-1638?); Castro, Estevão Rodrigues de, 1559-1637?; Castro, Estêvão Rodrigues de (1559-1638); Rodrigues de Castro, Estevão; Rodrigues de Castro, Estévão, m. 1637; Castro, Estêvão Rodrigues de (1560-1638); Castro, Estêvão Rodrigues de, 1560-1638; De Castro, Estêvão Rodrigues; usage: Estêvão Rodrigues de Castro; Stephano Roderico Castrensi; Stephani Roderici Castrensis; Stefano Roderico de Castro; Stephani Roderici; Stephan Rodrigo de Castro; Stephanus Redericus Castrensis; Steph. Rodericus)
Associated languagepor lat