Giovanni Giuseppe Bianconi
Encyclopedia
Giovanni Giuseppe Bianconi sometimes J. Josephi or Joseph Bianconi (31 July 1809, Bologna
- 18 October 1878, Bologna
) was an Italian zoologist, herpetologist, botanist and geologist
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Giovanni Giuseppe Bianconi was a Professor of Natural History
at the University of Bologna
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In the field of herpetology
he described several new species of amphibians and reptiles.
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
- 18 October 1878, Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
) was an Italian zoologist, herpetologist, botanist and geologist
Geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...
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Giovanni Giuseppe Bianconi was a Professor of Natural History
Natural history
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
at the University of Bologna
University of Bologna
The Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna is the oldest continually operating university in the world, the word 'universitas' being first used by this institution at its foundation. The true date of its founding is uncertain, but believed by most accounts to have been 1088...
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In the field of herpetology
Herpetology
Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians and reptiles...
he described several new species of amphibians and reptiles.
Works
Partial list- Sul sistema vascolare delle foglie considerato come carattere distintivo per la determinazione delle filliti, del Dottor Giuseppe Bianconi. Bologna, Marsigli. (1838)
- Storia naturale dei terreni ardenti, dei vulcani fangosi. Bologna. (1840)
- Specimina Zoologica MosambicanaMozambiqueMozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
, fasciculus IV, V. (Mollusca) Memorie della Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, volume 3, pages 3–18, 91-112, plate. (1850, 1851) - Repertorio Italiano per la Storia Naturale. Zoologiam, Mineralogiam, Geolgiam, Palaentologiam. Bologna. (1854)
- La Theorie Darwinienne et la creation dite independante (1874). An "anti" DarwinistNatural selectionNatural selection is the nonrandom process by which biologic traits become either more or less common in a population as a function of differential reproduction of their bearers. It is a key mechanism of evolution....
work claiming that homologous structures are explained on mechanical principles.