| Authorised form of name | Tilli; Michaelangelo (1655 - 1740) |
| Other forms of name | Michelangelo |
| Dates | 1655 - 1740 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Place of birth | Castel Fiorentino, Italy |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Medicine |
| Natural history |
| Physics |
| Activity | Education:
Pisa; MD (1677)
Career:
Practised in Florence; Physician to the Florentine ships travelling to Majorca and Minorca; travelled to Constantinople and Adrianople to treat Musaippa, son-in-law of the Sultan (1683); on his way home, travelled through the Greek archipelago, making notes on its natural history; Professor of Botany at Pisa; travelled to Tunisia to treat the Pasha; corresponded with William Derham (FRS 1703) and at Derham's request kept a record of the rainfall at Pisa while Derham did the same in London; his correspondents at the Botanical Garden in Amsterdam sent him many rare plants for the Botanical Garden at Pisa, a catalogue of which he published (1733)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 30/11/1708 |
| Relationships | Son of Desiderio Tilli and his wife, Lugrezia Salvadori |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DBI |
| Code | NA272 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EL/T/69 | Letter, from Michael Angelo Tilli to William Derham, dated at Pisa | 1712 |
| CLP/5/11 | Paper, tables of the barometrical altitudes at Zurich in Switzerland in 1708 observed by J J [Johann Jakob] Scheuchzer and at Upminster by William Derham | [1708] |
| EL/T/68 | Letter, from Michael Angelo Tilli to William Derham, dated at Pisa | 26 February 1708 |