Agostino Bassi
Agostino Bassi | |
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Born | 25 September 1773 |
Died | 8 February 1856 Lodi, Lombardy | (aged 82)
Nationality | Italian |
Known for | Beauveria bassiana |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Entomology |
Agostino Bassi, sometimes called de Lodi (25 September 1773 – 8 February 1856), was an Italian
Early life
He was the son of a wealthy farmer and a lawyer who also had a passion for biology. However, his father did not want him to take up biology, but wanted him instead to look after the family's property, to become a civil servant and to join the Imperial administration.
Bassi did so, but also followed the lessons of Lazzaro Spallanzani, a relative, until he died.
Career
His studies of 1807 concerned mal de segno (also known as muscardine, after a French candy), a lethal disease of domestic
From this work he expanded on a theory explaining that many
Bassi’s tomb in Lodi
Agostino Bassi was buried in the Romanesque church of Saint Francis (13th century). His tomb can be seen in the right transept, laid to a wall, at the ground level.
Philately
In 1953 the Italian post office issued a stamp on the 180th anniversary of Bassi's birth in 1773. The stamp features a portrait of Bassi bordered by silkmoth adults and pupae [1].
References
- ^ Bassi, Agostino (1836). Del mal del segno, calcinaccio o moscardino: malattia che affligge i bachi da seta [On "the bad sign", "rubble" or "muscardine": a disease that afflicts silkworms] (in Italian). Lodi, (Italy): Orcesi.
- ^ Bassi, Agostino; Barbo, Jacques, trans. (1836). De la muscardine (maladie des vers à soie) … [On muscardine (illness of silkworms) …] (in French). Paris, France: Bonbée.
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