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- He studied philosophy and mathematics at the University of Padua (1548 – 1549) and, after a narrow escape from the Inquisition, wrote a guidebook to ancient statuary in Rome. He received a medical degree at the University of Bologna in 1553.
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May 11, 2018 · He studied philosophy and mathematics at the University of Padua (1548 – 1549) and, after a narrow escape from the Inquisition, wrote a guidebook to ancient statuary in Rome. He received a medical degree at the University of Bologna in 1553. By the late 1540s, Aldrovandi had discovered natural history.
Lifespan: 83. 2. Father. Occupation: Lawyer, Government Official. Teseo Aldrovandi, a notary (lawyer) and secretary to the Senate of Bologna. He died when Ulisse was only seven. It is clear that the family was poor while Ulisse was growing up, and remained so until the election of Pope Gregory XIII, from the family of Ulisse's mother, around 1570.
Returning to Bologna, he began studying humanities and law in 1539, but, instead of taking a degree in law, he switched to the University of Padua in 1548 to study philosophy, mathematics and medicine.
Oct 11, 2016 · Aldrovandi became professor of natural history at Bologna in 1561. Alongside his work at the university, Aldrovandi also fulfilled several public functions, including his role as protomedico (a public health official) for Bologna’s College of Physicians.
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Ulisse Aldrovandi, Antiquities, and the Roman Inquisition Katherine M. Bentz Saint Anselm College One of the most influential guidebooks of Renaissance Rome was written by the young Bolognese natural historian Ulisse Aldrovandi. Drafted while he awaited trial for heresy before the Inquisition in 1549-50, his Di tutte le statue
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.
