Giovanni Canestrini
Giovanni Canestrini (born December 26, 1835 in Revò in the Non Valley , † February 14, 1900 in Padua ) was an Italian scientist.
He appeared in particular as a zoologist with a research focus on acarology (mite science), but also made significant contributions to arachnology , ichthyology and other biological issues.
biography
Canestrini first studied in Gorizia and Meran , then he attended the University of Vienna , where he graduated in natural sciences in 1861 (at that time still within the philosophical faculty). He returned to Italy and initially worked at the Natural History Museum in Genoa ; In 1862 he became professor of natural history at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia , then in 1869 professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Padua .
Canestrini founded Italy's first bacteriological laboratory at his own institute in Padua. He also set up the first Italian chair for anthropology in Padua .
The history of science in Italy knows him as a champion of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution . Darwin's work “On the origin of species”, published in 1859, was translated into Italian by Canestrini; this first Italian edition of the book appeared in 1864 under the title "Origine della specie".
Canestrini was one of the founding members of the Society of Natural Scientists in Modena ("Società dei Naturalisti Modenesi") in 1865 and became its first president. After moving to Padua, he remained honorary chairman of this society. In 1871 he founded the Veneto-Trientine Natural Science Society ("Società Veneto-Trentina di Scienze Naturali").
Major works
- Origine dell'uomo . Milan, 1866.
- with Pietro Pavesi : Aranenidi italiani . 1869
- Compendio di zoologia e anatomia comparata , 3 volumes. Milan, 1869, 1870, 1871.
- Prime nozioni di anthropologia . Milan, 1878.
- Apicoltura . Milan, 1880.
- La teoria dell'evoluzione esposta nei suoi fondamenti . Turin, 1887.
- Antropologia . 1888.
- Prospetto Dell'Acarofauna Italiana , 8 volumes. Padua, 1885-1899.
- Sistema per la classe degli Acaroidei . 1891
- Batteriologia . Milan, 1896.
literature
- Pietro Lorenzi, Silvio Bruno: Uomini, storie, serpenti contributi alla storiografia erpetologica del Trentino-Alto Adige e Dintorni . In: Annali del Museo Civico di Rovereto . No. 17, 2002, pp. 173-274.
- Fabio Bernini, Roberto Nannelli, Giorgio Nuzzaci, Enrico de Lillo (Eds.): Acarid Phylogeny and Evolution: Adaptation in Mites and Ticks . In: Proceedings of the IV Symposium of the European Association of Acarologists . Siena 2000, pp. 4-5.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Canestrini, Giovanni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Revò , Val di Non |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1900 |
| Place of death | Padua |