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| Nostradamus |
| Ambroise Paré |
| Carl Linnaeus |
| Nicolaus Cusanus |
Your answer was: Ambroise Paré. |
Answer: Nicolaus Cusanus (aka Nicholas of Cusa, 1401-1464) was credited for counting the pulse rate of the human body against a water clock. This measurement would later be refined with the improvement of watches and the pulse rate would be measured against seconds, as it is today. Nicolaus Cusanus is also known for his philosophical writing in which he argued that the truly learned person knows his own ignorance. At his death, he founded a charitable institution and turned the family home into a home for the aged. In 1964 the Vatican Post Office issued two stamps to honor Nicolaus Cusanus, one showing his birth-place home which he had converted into a home for the aged, and a second stamp showing his tomb. See also: • James C. Hamilton, Nicholas of Cusa: A Philatelic Portrait of a Renaissance Man, Vatican Notes, Volume 60, Issue 353, 2012, Pages 30-32 • Anonymous, Five Hundredth Anniversary Of The Death Of Cardinal Nicholas Of Cusa, 1464-1964, Vatican Notes, Volume 13 Issue: 4, 1965, Pages 1 & 13 • Wikipedia, Nicholas of Cusa 
Nicholas of Cusa - Scott # 395-396 (1964) |
