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Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
Italian physician and naturalist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopolius) (3 June 1723 – 8 May 1788) was an Italian physician and naturalist. His biographer Otto Guglia named him the "first anational European" and the "Linnaeus of the Austrian Empire".[1]
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Born | (1723-06-03)3 June 1723 |
Died | 8 May 1788(1788-05-08) (aged 64) |
Nationality | Prince-Bishopric of Trent |
Occupation(s) | plant scientist, pteridologist, chemist, zoologist, ornithologist, physician, biologist, lepidopterologist, arachnologist, mycologist, earth scientist, university professor |
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