Giuseppe Saverio Poli
Italian scientist
Intro | Italian scientist | |
Places | Italy | |
was | Scientist Zoologist Physicist Biologist Naturalist Malacologist Entomologist | |
Work field | Biology Science Social science | |
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Birth | 26 October 1746, Molfetta | |
Death | 7 April 1825Naples (aged 78 years) |
Giuseppe Saverio Poli (26 October 1746 – 7 April 1825) was an Italian physicist, biologist and natural historian.
His collections, with those of the Royal Bourbon Museum, were the foundation of the Zoological Museum of Naples. The specimens were from locations all over the world, and included, especially, Lepidoptera, Cnidaria and Molluscs.