Silvestro Bonfigliuoli ( ? 1637 - ? 1696 )

Birth: Bologna, Italy (? 1637) Death: Bologna, Italy (? 1696) Burial Place: Church of S Carlo del Borgo Polese Profession: Clergyman, Roman Catholic Research Field: Anatomy; Botany; Astronomy Education: Pupil of Marcello Malpighi (FRS 1669) at Bologna; BA, MB (1664) Career: Travelled in Italy, visiting Pisa, where he carried out anatomical experiments, Florence and Rome (1670); Curator of the Museo Aldrovandi and Museo Cospiano, Bologna; published a catalogue of the latter; amassed a collection of works of art; possibly Member of the Inquisition, as a priest of that name licensed books for the Inquisition; he appears to have been a man of independent means, who never held a teaching post Membership: Fellow Election Date: 29/04/1696.