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Stefano Andrea Renier
Stefano Andrea Renier (25 January 1759, Chioggia, Italy – 6 January 1830, Padua, Italy) was an Italian naturalist, zoologist and scientist. Biography Renier was born into a mainland noble family (not related to the homonymous Venetian nobility, Venetian patrician family), the son of Domenico Andrea and Caterina Airoldi. He studied in Padua, where he graduated in medicine in 1781. After graduation, Renier practiced medicine in Bologna, Florence, and Chioggia, where he held the position of health officer. In 1806, he was appointed professor of natural history at the University of Padua. In 1814, he was among the professors suspended from teaching because they were suspected of pro-French sentiment. Renier authored important studies in zoology and marine biology, particularly on Mollusca, mollusks and shells of the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic, topics on which he published a significant treatise. One of his early works concerned the colonial ascidian genus ''Botryllus'' (Styelidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chioggia
Chioggia (; , ; ) is a coastal town and (municipality) of the Metropolitan City of Venice in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Geography The town is located on a small island at the southern entrance to the Venetian Lagoon about south of Venice ( by road); causeways connect it to the mainland and to its ''frazione'', nowadays a quarter, of Sottomarina. The population of the ''comune'' is around 50,000, with the town proper accounting for about half of that and Sottomarina for most of the rest. The municipality, located in south of the province, close to the provinces of Padua and Rovigo, borders with Campagna Lupia, Cavarzere, Codevigo, Cona, Correzzola, Loreo, Rosolina and Venice. History Chioggia and Sottomarina were not prominent in antiquity, although they are first mentioned in Pliny as the ''fossa Clodia''. Local legend attributes this name to its founding by a ''Clodius'', but the origin of this belief is not known. The name of the town has changed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
