Camillo Ranzani

Reverend Camillo Ranzani
Elementi di zoologia (1819) by Camillo Ranzani
Born	(1775-06-21)June 21, 1775 Bologna, Papal States
Died	23 April 1841(1841-04-23) (aged 65) Bologna, Papal States
Nationality	Italian
Occupation(s)	Catholic priest, university teacher, naturalist
Parent(s)	Tommaso Ranzani and Francesca Ranzani (née Sgarzi)
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Bologna
Academic advisors	Giuseppe Vogli
Influences	Alberto Fortis Georges Cuvier Bernard Germain de Lacépède
Academic work
Discipline	Natural history, zoology, geology, paleontology
Institutions	University of Bologna
Notable students	Giovanni Giuseppe Bianconi Pierre Léonard Vander Linden

Camillo Ranzani (22 June 1775 – 23 April 1841, Bologna) was an Italian priest and a naturalist. He was director of the Museum of Natural History of Bologna from 1803 to 1841 (now the Museum of Comparative Anatomy, one of the museums of the University of Bologna).^[1] Ranzani wrote Elementi di zoologia which was published in Bologna from 1819 to 1825.