Half length portrait of Antonio Alessandri Wellcome L0013623

Antonio Alessandrini (30 July 1786,

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– 6 April 1861 in the same city). Antonio Alessandrini taught comparative anatomy and veterinary science at the

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. He was president of the Accademia delle Scienze of the city and of the Zoology Division of the Ottava Riunione degli Italiani Scienziati in

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(1846). He published numerous articles in zoology and parasitology and was particularly interested in the physiology of the silkworm.

Works

*(1838) Observazioni antomiche intorno a diverse specie di entozoarii de genere

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. ''Nuovi Annali delle Science Naturali'' 1:1-17. Other works see Wikipedia Italy {{DEFAULTSORT:Alessandrini, Antonio 1786 births 1861 deaths Italian zoologists Italian entomologists Italian veterinarians 19th-century Italian physicians Physicians from Bologna Academic staff of the University of Bologna