Pietro Pavesi (24 September 1844 – 31 August 1907) was an Italian professor of zoology at the

University of Pavia The University of Pavia ( it, Università degli Studi di Pavia, UNIPV or ''Università di Pavia''; la, Alma Ticinensis Universitas) is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. There was evidence of teaching as early as 1361, making it one ...

. He also served as a mayor of

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from 1899 to 1902. Pavesi was born in Pavia to calligraphist Carlo Giuseppe and Luigia née Farina. He studied natural sciences at the University of Pavia, graduating in 1865. He then taught natural history at the University of Naples until 1871 at the Canton High School in

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where he also founded a natural history cabinet. He then taught comparative anatomy at the University of Napes (serving alongside Paolo Pancer), in 1872 he moved to Genoa and in 1875 to Pavia. He worked on the fauna of Ticino Canton, especially the fish and arachnids. In 1899 he became a mayor of Pavia and continued to hold the position until 1902, representing a

laicist Secularism is the principle of seeking to conduct human affairs based on secular, naturalistic considerations. Secularism is most commonly defined as the separation of religion from civil affairs and the state, and may be broadened to a sim ...

position. he died at Asso in Lombardy from pneumonia.l

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Italian zoologists Academic staff of the University of Pavia Mayors of Pavia 1844 births 1907 deaths {{Italy-biologist-stub