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Authorised form of name	Scarpa; Antonio (? 1747 - 1832)
Dates	? 1747 - 1832
Nationality	Italian
Place of birth	Motta di Livenza, near Treviso, Italy
Date of birth	13 June 1747 or 19 May 1752
Place of death	Pavia, Italy
Date of death	31 October 1832
Research field	Anatomy
Research field	Neurology
Activity	Education: Studied in Padua under Morgagni, MD (1770) Career: Ordinary Professor of Anatomy and theoretical surgery, University of Modena (age 20); travelled in Paris and London (1780-1781); appointed Professor of Anatomy, Pavia, by Emperor Joseph II (1783); Professor of Surgery, Pavia (1787); Scarpa's fascia and triangle in human anatomy named after him
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	05/05/1791
Source	Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1832-1833 No 11 pp 153-154 Notes: BR and DSB give birth date as 19 May 1752, although President's statement notifying the Society of the death of Scarpa suggests this is incorrect
Code	NA7281

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RefNo	Title	Date
EC/1791/12	Scarpa, Antonio: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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