Mauro Ruscóni

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Mauro Ruscóni
Born(1776-11-18)18 November 1776
Pavia, Lombardy, Italy
Died27 March 1849(1849-03-27) (aged 72)
Tremezzina, Lombardy, Italy
AwardsInstitut de France gold medal (1831)
Scientific career
FieldsAmphibians anatomy and embryology

Mauro Ruscóni (18 November 1776 in

zoologist
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Biography

Coming from a respected merchant family, he finished his studies in his native town and in the 1790s, swept away by the political events of his time: he joined the army of the Cisalpine Republic fighting alongside the French in the war of the Second Coalition. He became an artillery captain and when the fortress of Mantua surrendered to the Austrians in 1799, he was in the garrison of the fortress.[2][nb 2]

After a stay in Paris, he resumed his medical studies in Pavia where he obtained his doctorate in 1806 and in 1807 he was repeater in medicine at the University of Pavia, post where he was active until 1817.[3] From 1818 onwards, he devoted himself solely to zoology.[1][4]

After the events of 1848, suffering and ill, he left Pavia and went to Lake Como, where he died some time later.

His work deals with the anatomy and metamorphosis of fish, frogs, salamanders and other reptiles. He was the author of research in animal

blastopore.[5] Unfortunately the fact that he did not have a real academic position prevented him from having a real scientific career and getting the reputation he deserved. Moreover, despite his skill in dissecting and preparing samples, he did not leave any collections.[2]

On 23 June 1831, the

Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna had included him among its members since its creation (1 February 1848). He was also a member of the academies of Modena, Bologna, Turin, Paris and the Vienna Medical Society. He was in constant scientific contact with the most important naturalists of his country of origin, but also with those of his time, such as Georges Cuvier or Lorenz Oken.[2]

Works

Legacy

A street is named after him in Pavia from via Felice Cavallotti to via Siro Comi.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ According to Treccani, he retired to Cadenabbia 2 km away from Tremezzina
  2. siege of Mantua (1796–97)

References

  1. ^ a b "Ruscóni, Mauro". treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2014..
  2. ^ a b c Constantin von Wurzbach, ed. (1874). BLKÖ:Rusconi, Maurus  (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich – via Wikisource. [scan Wikisource link]
  3. ^ Biffi, Serafino (1853). "Sulla vita scientifica del dottore Mauro Rusconi". Bibliothèque numérique Medic@ (in Italian). Milano. Retrieved 9 Feb 2021..
  4. ^ Journal de physique,de chimie d'histoire naturelle et des arts. 1819. p. 263. Retrieved 9 Feb 2021..
  5. ^ Taton, René (1961). Histoire générale des sciences. La science contemporaine (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: PUF. p. 530..
  6. ^ "Via Mauro Rusconi (Pavia)". OpenStreetMap (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-10.
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