Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
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".
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Giovanni Antonio Scopoli | |
| Born | 3 June 1723 |
| Died | 8 May 1788 (aged 64) Pavia (now Italy) |
| Nationality | Trentino |
| Occupation(s) | plant scientist, pteridologist, chemist, zoologist, ornithologist, physician, biologist, lepidopterologist, arachnologist, mycologist, earth scientist, university professor |
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