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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 ...
The ‘Dragon of Bologna’ in Ulisse Aldrovandi, Serpentum, et draconum historiæ libri duo (Bologna, 1640), p. 404. Aldrovandi presents two different types of evidence: a description of the dragon and two images, one of which we see here and another, in colour and similar, in his Tavole di animali (a work not in the Worth Library but ...
Jan 20, 2024 · Rocky Road: Ulisse Aldrovandi. From Possessing Nature by Paula Findlen. When Pope Gregory XIII assumed his new exalted post in 1572, a "fearsome" dragon appeared in the countryside in Bologna. It was a worrisome event, but one could say the new pontiff was well prepared. He assumed the papal throne equipped with a cousin who specialized in dragons.
Apr 30, 2024 · Ulisse Aldrovandi (born Sept. 11, 1522, Bologna, Bologna—died May 4, 1605, Bologna) was a Renaissance naturalist and physician noted for his systematic and accurate observations of animals, plants, and minerals. After studying mathematics, Latin, law, and philosophy, Aldrovandi went to Padua in about 1545 to continue his studies.
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Oct 11, 2016 · Abstract. Ulisse Aldrovandi was an Italian polymath with particular interests in natural history. In his own time Aldrovandi enjoyed wide recognition for his activity as a collector of natural curiosities and for his extensive library. In 1561, he became the first professor of natural history at the University of Bologna.
The book, written to cash in on the addition to his collection of the ‘Dragon of Bologna’ in 1572, was not printed during his lifetime but was edited by his assistant Bartholomeo Ambrosini (1588-1657), and published as part of a set of Aldrovandi’s works in 1640. Worth bought the entire Aldrovandi set from a 1724 auction of the library of ...
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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. Over the course of his long life, he built up a collection of objects and mineral ...
