Ulisse Aldrovandi
Naturalist
Died when: 82 years 235 days (991 months)Star Sign: Virgo
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; his name in Italian is equally given as Aldroandi.
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