Michael Bernhard Valentini

Physician, Deceased Person

1657 – 1729

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Who was Michael Bernhard Valentini?

Michael Bernhard Valentini was a German doctor and a collector. After obtaining his doctorate in 1686 in Giessen he became Professor of Medicine in that city and personal physician to the Margrave of Assia. He had an important Cabinet of curiosities and was the author of Museorum Museum, the first study of collections in Europe. In 1720 he published a work on the comparative anatomy of vertebrates. He was elected a Member of the Royal Society on 10 November 1715 and was also a Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher and the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin.

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Born
Nov 26, 1657
Giessen
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Died
Mar 18, 1729

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on July 23, 2013

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