Giovanni Battista Ercolani
1817–83
Physician and writer on veterinary medicine. Graduated with honours in medicine and surgery at Bologna. Appointed prosector to the comparative anatomy professor and deputy at the clinic of animal diseases, 1846. Appointed to the school of veterinary medicine, Turin, 1851; director, 1859. Professor of comparative anatomy and veterinary science, Bologna, 1863; dean of the medical-surgical and veterinary medicine faculty, 1872; president of the University of Bologna, 1878–83. Founded the Veterinary Journal in 1852, and published over 130 articles on veterinary pathology.
Source
DBI
Bibliography
DBI: Dizionario biografico degli Italiani. Edited by Alberto M. Ghisalberti et al. 100 vols. Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana. 1960–2020.