Antonio Scarpa ( ? 1747 - 1832 )

Birth: Motta di Livenza, near Treviso, Italy (13 June 1747 or 19 May 1752) Death: Pavia, Italy (31 October 1832) Research Field: Anatomy, neurology 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: Fellow Election Date: 5/05/1791.