Gaetano Savi

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1769 – 1844

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Who was Gaetano Savi?

Gaetano Savi was an Italian naturalist.

He was born in Florence and studied with Giorgio Santi and Adolfo Targioni Tozzetti. In 1798 he published Flora Pisana; in 1801 the first edition of Trattato degli alberi della Toscana; in 1808 Botanicon Etruscum; and in 1818 Flora Italiana. He taught physics and botany at the University of Pisa and directed the botanical garden there from 1814. In 1816, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

His son was the geologist and ornithologist Paolo Savi.

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Born
Jun 13, 1769
Died
Apr 28, 1844

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on July 23, 2013

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