Person
Pedanius Dioscorides
Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author
Pedanius Dioscorides (circa 40—90 CE) is a Greek physician, pharmacologist and botanist, the author of De Materia Medica -- a 5-volume encyclopedia about herbal medicine and related medicinal substances (a pharmacopeia), that will be widely read for more than 1,500 years.