biography
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| (1798–1871)
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| biography:
| Naturalist and zoologist, born in Pisa, W Italy. He studied physics and natural science at Pisa, and soon became professor of natural history (zoology from 1840) at Pisa University, and also director of the Pisa Museum. He extended the museum considerably, and became a senator in 1862. His great work, Ornitologia Italiana, was published posthumously (1873–6). Savi's warbler is named after him. |
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