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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.
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.
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Ulisse Aldrovandi was a naturalist and professor of logic, philosophy and natural philosophy at the University of Bologna in the 16th century. He collected and studied thousands of specimens from all over the world, creating the largest "microcosm of nature" of the time, and left his legacy to the city of Bologna.
Ulisse Aldrovandi, talvolta scritto Aldovrandi o Braccobaldi (Bologna, 11 settembre 1522 – Bologna, 4 maggio 1605), è stato un naturalista, botanico ed entomologo italiano rinascimentale, realizzatore di uno dei primi musei di storia naturale, studioso delle diversità del mondo vivente, esploratore che, negli ultimi decenni del Cinquecento ...
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.
May 11, 2018 · ALDROVANDI, ULISSE (1522 – 1605). 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.
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Oct 11, 2016 · 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...