Michele Lessona
1823–94
Italian zoologist, anatomist, and physician. MD, Turin, 1846. Practised medicine briefly in Turin, then in Egypt until 1850, when he returned to Italy and, under the guidance of Filipo di Filipi, began teaching natural science in secondary schools. Professor of zoology, Genoa, 1854; Bologna, 1864. Professor of zoology and comparative anatomy, Turin, 1867. Rector, University of Turin, 1877–80. Senator of the realm, 1892. Translated some of CD’s works into Italian.
Sources
British Medical Journal, 18 August 1894, p. 395
DBI.
Bibliography
DBI: Dizionario biografico degli Italiani. Edited by Alberto M. Ghisalberti et al. 100 vols. Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana. 1960–2020.
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