Marcello Malpighi ( 1628 - ? 1694 )

Birth: Crevalcore, Bologna, Italy (10 March 1628) Death: Rome, Italy (29 or 30 November 1694) Profession: Physician Research Field: Medicine, microscopic and comparative anatomy, embryology Education: Entered Bologna where studied medicine under Peripatetic philosopher Francesco Natali, then under Bartolomeo Massari and Andrea Mariani; MD (1653) Career: Lecturer in Logic, University of Bologna until 1656; Professor Theoretical Medicine at Pisa (1656); Extraordinary Lecturer in Theoretical Medicine at Bologna (1659); first Professor of Medicine at Messina (1682); returned to Bolognato lecture in practical medicine (1666); agreed to undertake scientific correspondence with Royal Society of London (1667) which subsequently supervised the printing of all his later works; first person to use a simple microscope for anatomical research; Physician to Pope Innocent XII at Rome (1691-1694); died of apoplexy Membership: Fellow Election Date: 4/03/1669 Proposers: Henry Oldenburg.