Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Lazzaro Spallanzani across 4 places, from 1763 to 1799.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Lazzaro Spallanzani (12 January 1729 – 11 February 1799) was an Italian Catholic priest (for which he was nicknamed Abbé Spallanzani), biologist and physiologist who made important contributions to the experimental study of bodily functions, animal reproduction, and animal echolocation.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Lazzaro Spallanzani was documented, and when
1763year
University of Modena and Reggio Emiliaattested“In 1763, he was moved to the University of Modena, where he continued to teach with great assiduity and success, but devoted his whole leisure to natural science.”source: Wikipedia: Lazzaro Spallanzani
1796year
National Museum of Natural History, Franceattested“In 1796, Spallanzani received an offer for professor at the National Museum of Natural History, France in Paris, but declined due to his age.”source: Wikipedia: Lazzaro Spallanzani
1796year
Parisattested“In 1796, Spallanzani received an offer for professor at the National Museum of Natural History, France in Paris, but declined due to his age.”source: Wikipedia: Lazzaro Spallanzani
National Museum of Natural History, France1 presence · 1796
Pavia1 presence · 1799
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia1 presence · 1763
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1754year
University of Modena and Reggio Emiliamentioned“In 1754, at the age of 25, soon after he was ordained he became professor of logic, metaphysics and Greek in the University of Reggio.”source: Wikipedia: Lazzaro Spallanzani
1767year
Emilia-Romagnamentioned“His work also documents an early cultivation of "sinsemilla" type Cannabis in Emilia-Romagna in 1767.”source: Wikipedia: Lazzaro Spallanzani
1768year
University of Paviamentioned“He declined many offers from other Italian universities and from St Petersburg until 1768, when he accepted the invitation of Maria Theresa to the chair of natural history in the University of Pavia, which was then being reorganized.”source: Wikipedia: Lazzaro Spallanzani
1768year
St Petersburgmentioned“He declined many offers from other Italian universities and from St Petersburg until 1768, when he accepted the invitation of Maria Theresa to the chair of natural history in the University of Pavia, which was then being reorganized.”source: Wikipedia: Lazzaro Spallanzani
1785year
University of Paduamentioned“In 1785 he was invited to University of Padua, but to retain his services his sovereign doubled his salary and allowed him leave of absence for a visit to Turkey, where he remained nearly a year and made many observations, among which ma…”source: Wikipedia: Lazzaro Spallanzani
1785year
Turkeymentioned“In 1785 he was invited to University of Padua, but to retain his services his sovereign doubled his salary and allowed him leave of absence for a visit to Turkey, where he remained nearly a year and made many observations, among which ma…”source: Wikipedia: Lazzaro Spallanzani
1785year
Heybeliadamentioned“In 1785 he was invited to University of Padua, but to retain his services his sovereign doubled his salary and allowed him leave of absence for a visit to Turkey, where he remained nearly a year and made many observations, among which ma…”source: Wikipedia: Lazzaro Spallanzani
1785year
Büyükadamentioned“In 1785 he was invited to University of Padua, but to retain his services his sovereign doubled his salary and allowed him leave of absence for a visit to Turkey, where he remained nearly a year and made many observations, among which ma…”source: Wikipedia: Lazzaro Spallanzani
1788year
Vesuviusmentioned“In 1788 he visited Vesuvius and the volcanoes of the Lipari Islands and Mount Etna in Sicily.”source: Wikipedia: Lazzaro Spallanzani
1788year
Sicilymentioned“In 1788 he visited Vesuvius and the volcanoes of the Lipari Islands and Mount Etna in Sicily.”source: Wikipedia: Lazzaro Spallanzani
20 August 1793exact date
Scandianomentioned“He managed to capture three wild bats in Scandiano, and performed a similar experiment, on which he wrote (on 20 August 1793): A few days later he took two bats and covered their eyes with an opaque disc made of birdlime.”source: Wikipedia: Lazzaro Spallanzani
1799year
Scandianomentioned“Much of his collections, which he kept at the end of his life in his house in Scandiano, were purchased by the city of Reggio Emilia in 1799.”source: Wikipedia: Lazzaro Spallanzani
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