20:
90:, the microscopic living organisms present in water whose existence had previously been unknown. He studied the Adriatic Sea, being one of the first naturalists to make observations under the water; he found great variations in the structure of the seabed and its associated fauna which inspired the
58:
in 1769. He was educated in
Choggia under the tutelage of Francesco and Giuseppe Fabris. Despite only having taken minor orders, he wore ecclesiastical garments and adopted the title of abbot. He had wide interests, which stretched from chemistry, where he supported the theories of
79:. He stood out among the late eighteenth century Italian naturalists in his independent outlook, questioning the theories prevalent at the time, and considering the ecological aspects of the animals he studied, and the impact they had on the environment.
144:
thought highly of Olivi, and forecast a brilliant future for him, but this was not to be, because Olivi died in 1795 at the age of 26. He is buried in the church of Santa
Cristina, Padua; a commemorative funeral bust is to be found in the
194:
158:
304:
371:
366:
282:
391:
258:
231:
274:
150:
340:
376:
198:
105:
was another naturalist who was inspired by Olivi's work, mentioning him in the foreword to his 1866 work
344:
94:
169:
87:
248:
221:
386:
381:
8:
315:
141:
133:
19:
98:
223:
Bursting the Limits of Time: The
Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Revolution
254:
227:
60:
305:"Giornate oliviane, in "Notizia Bibliografico" della Giunta regionale del Veneto"
31:
173:
360:
127:
102:
197:(in Italian). The Museum of Adriatic Zoology Giuseppe Olivi. Archived from
91:
68:
115:
64:
83:
146:
109:. Olivi published the work for which he is principally remembered,
55:
35:
121:
72:
113:, in 1792. It included descriptions of such invertebrates as
76:
43:
250:
The Quest for the
Invisible: Microscopy in the Enlightenment
339:
30:(18 March 1769 – 24 August 1795) was an Italian abbot and
219:
23:
Late
Giuseppe Olivia picture by Melchiorre Cesarotti
168:is used to indicate this person as the author when
246:
358:
302:
97:in his study of the strata and fossils of the
226:. University of Chicago Press. p. 526.
18:
283:Integrated Taxonomic Information System
240:
359:
187:
13:
151:Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua
14:
403:
372:18th-century Italian scientists
367:18th-century Italian zoologists
341:International Plant Names Index
107:Versuche über Pflanzen-Hybriden
75:, with particular reference to
333:
296:
267:
213:
1:
392:Republic of Venice scientists
312:Lezioni sul Settecento veneto
220:Rudwick, Martin J.S. (2005).
180:
314:(in Italian). Archived from
82:Olivi was interested in the
49:
7:
10:
408:
253:. Routledge. p. 212.
247:Ratcliff, Marc J. (2016).
140:The well-known biologist
95:Giovanni Battista Brocchi
303:Quaranta, Mario (1998).
88:Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
38:and was the author of
24:
46:when he was only 26.
22:
377:People from Chioggia
277:Suberites domuncula
159:author abbreviation
142:Lazzaro Spallanzani
134:Suberites domuncula
42:(1792). He died in
111:Zoologia Adriatica
63:, passing through
54:Olivi was born in
40:Zoologia Adriatica
25:
16:Italian naturalist
260:978-1-317-01840-7
233:978-0-226-73111-7
131:, and the sponge
61:Antoine Lavoisier
34:. He was born at
399:
351:
350:
337:
331:
330:
328:
326:
320:
309:
300:
294:
293:
291:
289:
271:
265:
264:
244:
238:
237:
217:
211:
210:
208:
206:
195:"Giuseppe Olivi"
191:
177:
167:
166:
165:
407:
406:
402:
401:
400:
398:
397:
396:
357:
356:
355:
354:
338:
334:
324:
322:
318:
307:
301:
297:
287:
285:
273:
272:
268:
261:
245:
241:
234:
218:
214:
204:
202:
193:
192:
188:
183:
178:
163:
162:
161:
156:
92:palaeontologist
52:
17:
12:
11:
5:
405:
395:
394:
389:
384:
379:
374:
369:
353:
352:
332:
295:
266:
259:
239:
232:
212:
185:
184:
182:
179:
174:botanical name
155:
86:discovered by
51:
48:
28:Giuseppe Olivi
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
404:
393:
390:
388:
385:
383:
380:
378:
375:
373:
370:
368:
365:
364:
362:
348:
347:
342:
336:
321:on 2013-10-29
317:
313:
306:
299:
284:
280:
278:
270:
262:
256:
252:
251:
243:
235:
229:
225:
224:
216:
201:on 2014-01-26
200:
196:
190:
186:
175:
171:
160:
157:The standard
154:
152:
148:
143:
138:
136:
135:
130:
129:
124:
123:
118:
117:
112:
108:
104:
103:Gregor Mendel
100:
96:
93:
89:
85:
80:
78:
74:
70:
66:
62:
57:
47:
45:
41:
37:
33:
29:
21:
345:
335:
323:. Retrieved
316:the original
311:
298:
286:. Retrieved
276:
269:
249:
242:
222:
215:
203:. Retrieved
199:the original
189:
139:
132:
126:
120:
114:
110:
106:
81:
53:
39:
27:
26:
387:1795 deaths
382:1769 births
346: Olivi
69:agriculture
361:Categories
325:28 October
288:28 October
205:26 October
181:References
116:Vorticella
65:mineralogy
32:naturalist
99:Apennines
84:infusoria
50:Biography
147:cloister
56:Chioggia
36:Chioggia
149:of the
257:
230:
170:citing
122:Volvox
73:botany
319:(PDF)
308:(PDF)
164:Olivi
128:Hydra
77:algae
71:, to
44:Padua
327:2020
290:2020
255:ISBN
228:ISBN
207:2020
125:and
67:and
363::
343:.
310:.
281:.
172:a
153:.
137:.
119:,
101:.
349:.
329:.
292:.
279:"
275:"
263:.
236:.
209:.
176:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
