Tomaso Catullo
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Tommaso Antonio Catullo | |
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| Rector of the University of Padua | |
| In office 1843–1844 | |
| Monarch | Ferdinand I of Austria |
| Preceded by | ? |
| Succeeded by | ? |
| Head of the Cabinet of Natural History of the University of Padua | |
| In office 1829–1851 | |
| Preceded by | Stefano Andrea Renier |
| Succeeded by | Raffaele Molin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 July 1782 |
| Died | 13 April 1869 (aged 86) |
| Occupation | botanic geologist naturalist paleontologist writer tailor (in his youth) |
| Profession | education medicine |
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Tomaso Catullo (1782–1869) was a Venetian physician, geologist, paleontologist, zoologist and educator[1] of outstanding work in the University of Padua.[2]
He was born in Belluno, Northern Italy, the son of a middle-class Venetian family. He did his elemental studies in his hometown and was graduated from the University of Padua around 1806.[3] In 1811, he was appointed, Professor of Natural History in Lyceum of Belluno. For his outstanding work Catullo gets, Chair of Natural History in the University of Padua, in the year 1829.[4] He also received an honorary doctorate delivered by the University of Padua in 1833.[5]
In 1840 he was appointed as a member of Accademia nazionale delle scienze.[6] He was the author of numerous publications, including Manuale mineralogico, 1812,[7] Saggio di zoologia fossile, 1827, Catalogo ragionato degli animali vertebrati, 1838, Osservazioni sopra uno scritto del Achille de Zigno, 1847,[8] and Dei terreni di sedimento superiore delle Venezie, 1856.[9]
