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Ulisse Aldrovandi. Painting of Ulisse Aldrovandi by Agostino Carracci. 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.
The Bolognese naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi was a prolific writer, polymath, and prodigious collector who amassed the largest collection of naturalia in sixteenth-century Europe, as well as hundreds of colored drawings detailing them.
Ulisse Aldrovandi has been acknowledged by many as the father of modern Natural History. He was born in Bologna in 1522 and obtained the first Chair for Natural Sciences at the University of Bologna in 1560. He founded the Botanic Garden and created a collection of natural specimens of great importance.
May 11, 2018 · Bolognese naturalist and collector. Known as the "Bolognese Aristotle ," Ulisse Aldrovandi belonged to the generation of Renaissance physicians and apothecaries who rediscovered the importance of empirical study of the natural world.
Ulisse Aldrovandi. Naturalist and professor of logic, philosophy and natural philosophy (Bologna 1522 – 1605). Hungry for knowledge, Aldrovandi was the leading representative of the 16th-century fashion for encyclopaedic naturalism at the University of Bologna.
Biografische Skizze. Ulisse Aldrovandi. *11.9.1522 in Bologna; † 4.5.1605 in Bologna. Natural scientist; Zoologist; Botanist; Professor of Philosophy. Aldrovandi’s natural history collection, one of the most significant collections in Italy, held eleven thousand animals, fruits and minerals in 1595.
Oct 28, 2023 · Ulisse Aldrovandi: Naturalist and collector is the latest and welcome addition to the excellent compact Renaissance Lives series under the general editorship of François Quiviger.
