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Authorised form of nameTilli; Michaelangelo (1655 - 1740)
Other forms of nameMichelangelo
Dates1655 - 1740
NationalityItalian
Place of birthCastel Fiorentino, Italy
OccupationPhysician
Research fieldMedicine
Natural history
Physics
ActivityEducation:
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)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/11/1708
RelationshipsSon of Desiderio Tilli and his wife, Lugrezia Salvadori
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DBI
CodeNA272
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EL/T/69Letter, from Michael Angelo Tilli to William Derham, dated at Pisa1712
CLP/5/11Paper, 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/68Letter, from Michael Angelo Tilli to William Derham, dated at Pisa26 February 1708
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