Talk:Giovanni Bianchi (physician)

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Did you know... that a monumental plaque to Italian physician Giovanni Bianchi states: Nascitur infelix, vixit infelicior, obiit infelicissime (He was born unhappy, he lived more unhappy, he died maximally unhappy)?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 14:18, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Italian physician Giovanni Bianchi wrote an anonymous autobiography in Latin describing himself as a child prodigy?
- ALT1:... that a monumental plaque to Italian physician Giovanni Bianchi bears the Latin inscription Nascitur infelix, vixit infelicior, obiit infelicissime (He was born unhappy, he lived more unhappily, he died maximally unhappy)?

Reviewed: Norma Wendelburg

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 10:08, 12 October 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

I liked both hooks, with a slight preference for the second. I don't speak Italian but machine translation of the Dizionario Biografico source seems to confirm that it verifies the relevant content. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 20:14, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]