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Francesco Redi (18 February 1626 – 1 March 1697) was an Italian physician, naturalist, biologist, and poet. [1] He is referred to as the "founder of experimental biology ", [2] [3] and as the "father of modern parasitology ". [4] [5] He was the first person to challenge the theory of spontaneous generation by demonstrating that maggots come ...
Apr 3, 2024 · Francesco Redi (born Feb. 18, 1626, Arezzo, Italy—died March 1, 1697, Pisa) was an Italian physician and poet who demonstrated that the presence of maggots in putrefying meat does not result from spontaneous generation but from eggs laid on the meat by flies.
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Lived 1626 – 1697. Francesco Redi’s was an innovative scientist, physician, and poet. His scientific work resulted in a number of significant milestones: he showed that flies breed and lay eggs and do not, as was popularly believed, spontaneously generate; his microscopic examination of parasites marked the founding of modern parasitology ...
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Sep 9, 2018 · Updated on September 09, 2018. Francesco Redi was an Italian naturalist, physician, and poet. Besides Galileo, he was one of the most important scientists who challenged Aristotle 's traditional study of science. Redi gained fame for his controlled experiments.
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Francesco Redi (18 February 1626 – 1 March 1697) was an Italian physician, naturalist, biologist, and poet. He is referred to as the "founder of experimental biology ", and as the "father of modern parasitology ". He was the first person to challenge the theory of spontaneous generation by demonstrating that maggots come from eggs of flies.
May 21, 2018 · ( b. Arezzo, Italy, 18 February 1626; d. Pisa, Italy. 1 March 1697 or 1698) entomology, parasitology, toxicology. Redi was the son of Gregorio Redi, a renowned Florentine physician who also worked at the Medici court, and Cecilia de’ Ghinci. He graduated in philosophy and medicine from the University of Pisa on 1 May 1647.
Nov 1, 2007 · Biography. Francesco Redi, son of Florentine physician Cecilia de' Ghinci and Gregorio Redi, was born in Arezzo, Italy, on 18 February 1626. He studied philosophy and medicine at the University of Pisa, graduating on 1 May 1647. A year later, Redi moved to Florence and registered at the Collegio Medico.
