Nicola Pende (April 21, 1880, in Noicattaro – June 8, 1970, in

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) was an Italian

endocrinologist Endocrinology (from ''endocrine'' + '' -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental events ...

Biography

He was born on April 21, 1880, in Noicattaro, in the ancient Via Garibaldi where he lived with his family during his whole childhood. After receiving his degree in Medicine and Surgery in Rome, he taught at university in

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, and Rome. In 1925, he founded the

University of Bari The University of Bari Aldo Moro ( it, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro) is a state-supported higher education institution founded in 1925 in Bari, Apulia, in Southern Italy. The university is one of the most prestigious universities in ...

and became its first chancellor. He gave birth to the modern new-ippocratism. In 1934 he was appointed Reign Senator after declining the nomination of Academy of Italy. At the end of the thirties he joined

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. He died on June 6, 1970, in Rome and is now buried at

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cemetery.

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* * 1880 births 1970 deaths Italian endocrinologists {{Italy-academic-bio-stub