| Authorised form of name | Torti; Francesco (1658 - 1741) |
| Dates | 1658 - 1741 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Place of birth | Modena, Italy |
| Date of birth | 30 November 1658 |
| Date of death | 15 February 1741 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Church of S Agostino (Sta Maria della Pomposa), Modena, Italy |
| Activity | Education:
Bologna; MD (1678)
Career:
Practised in Modena; one of the first Professors of Medicine at Modena on the foundation of the University (1682); Physician to the Dukes of Modena; was offered and declined chairs of medicine at Turin (1717) and Padua (1720); Advisor on public health to the city government of Modena; President of the College of Medicine of Modena; friend of Marquis Giovanni Giuseppe Orsi (FRS 1716)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 14/11/1717 |
| Relationships | Son of Colonel Francesco Torti and his wife, Colomba Marchesi.
Married: 1) Ersilia Rossi; 2) Bianca Quatrofrati; no children |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Hirsch; DBI
References:
A Rupert Hall, 'Further Newton Correspondence' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 7-34 |
| Code | NA2319 |