Giuseppe Olivi
Giuseppe Olivi (born March 18, 1769 in Chioggia , † August 24, 1795 in Padua ) was an Italian naturalist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Olivi ".
Life
Olivi, who was a student of Francesco and Giuseppe Fabris in Chioggia, was interested in a wide variety of scientific questions, chemistry (where he was a follower of Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier ), mineralogy, agriculture, zoology and botany (especially algae). His main work is a description of the animals of the Adriatic in the Venetian lagoon. As a supporter of Albrecht von Haller , he dealt with irritability of body parts and animal electricity. Although he had not taken a vow, he dressed in clerical robes and carried the title of Abate.
For example, the first description of Corbula gibba comes from him .
He was a member of the Turin and Berlin Academy of Sciences and the Accademia dei XL . In 1793 he was also elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .
A zoological museum in Chioggia is named after him.
Fonts
- Zoologia adriatica: ossia catalogo ragionato degli animali del Golfo e delle Lagune di Venezia: preceduto da una dissertazione sull storia fisica e naturale del Golfo: e accompagnato da memorie, ed osservazioni di fisica storia naturale ed economia , Bassano 1792, reprint Padua. 1995, Biodiversity Library
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Corbulidae
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 182.
- ↑ Museo di zoologia Adriatica Giuseppe Olivi
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Olivi, Giuseppe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian naturalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1769 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chioggia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 1795 |
| Place of death | Padua |