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Ulisse Aldrovandi

1522 - 1605

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Ulisse Aldrovandi (11 September 1522 – 4 May 1605) was an Italian naturalist, the moving force behind Bologna's botanical garden, one of the first in Europe. Carl Linnaeus and the comte de Buffon reckoned him the father of natural history studies. He is usually referred to, especially in older scientific literature in Latin, as Aldrovandus; his name in Italian is equally given as Aldroandi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ulisse Aldrovandi is the 102nd most popular biologist (down from 68th in 2019), the 880th most popular biography from Italy (down from 823rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Biologist.

Ulisse Aldrovandi was a naturalist and physician who was born in Bologna, Italy. He is most famous for his work on animals and insects.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Ulisse Aldrovandi ranks 102 out of 1,097. Before him are Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Pierre André Latreille, Nikolai Vavilov, Erwin Neher, Jan Evangelista Purkyně, and Janaki Ammal. After him are Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Georges J. F. Köhler, Philip Miller, Jean-Henri Fabre, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, and Joseph Pitton de Tournefort.

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Among people born in 1522, Ulisse Aldrovandi ranks 4. Before him are Mihrimah Sultan, Şehzade Mehmed, and Margaret of Parma. After him are Lodovico Ferrari, Eleanor of Toledo, Sen no Rikyū, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Joachim du Bellay, Catherine of Ricci, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, and Shibata Katsuie. Among people deceased in 1605, Ulisse Aldrovandi ranks 9. Before him are Pope Clement VIII, Boris Godunov, Handan Sultan, John Davis, Feodor II of Russia, and Jean Nicot. After him are Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Theodore Beza, Naresuan, Jan Zamoyski, Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha, and Orazio Vecchi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ulisse Aldrovandi ranks 880 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608), Giulia Farnese (1474), Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351), Phalaris (-700), Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1782), and Epicharmus of Kos (-524). After him are Sebastiano del Piombo (1485), Filippo Maria Visconti (1392), Joseph of Cupertino (1603), Paolo Borsellino (1940), Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), and Rosalba Carriera (1673).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Italy

Among biologists born in Italy, Ulisse Aldrovandi ranks 2. Before him are Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729). After him are Gabriele Falloppio (1523), Salvador Luria (1912), Renato Dulbecco (1914), Mario Capecchi (1937), Giovanni Sartori (1924), Mikhail Tsvet (1872), Odoardo Beccari (1843), Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (1922), Carlo Allioni (1728), and Giuseppe Acerbi (1773).

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