Giovanni Antonio Scopoli

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
Born(1723-06-03)3 June 1723
Died8 May 1788(1788-05-08) (aged 64)
Pavia (now Italy)
NationalityTrentino
Occupation(s)plant scientist, pteridologist, chemist, zoologist, ornithologist, physician, biologist, lepidopterologist, arachnologist, mycologist, earth scientist, university professor
Scientific career
Fields

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopolius) (3 June 1723 – 8 May 1788) was an Italian physician and naturalist. His biographer Otto Guglia named him the "first anational European" and the "Linnaeus of the Austrian Empire".[1]

  1. ^ Soban, Branko. "A Living Bond between Idrija and Uppsala". The Slovenian. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

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