Camillo Ranzani
Reverend Camillo Ranzani | |
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Elementi di zoologia (1819) by Camillo Ranzani | |
| Born | June 21, 1775 |
| Died | 23 April 1841 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Catholic priest, university teacher, naturalist |
| Parent(s) | Tommaso Ranzani and Francesca Ranzani (née Sgarzi) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Bologna |
| Academic advisors | Giuseppe Vogli |
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| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Natural history, zoology, geology, paleontology |
| Institutions | University of Bologna |
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Camillo Ranzani (22 June 1775 – 23 April 1841, Bologna) was an Italian priest and a naturalist. He was director of the Museum of Natural History of Bologna from 1803 to 1841 (now the Museum of Comparative Anatomy, one of the museums of the University of Bologna). Ranzani wrote Elementi di zoologia which was published in Bologna from 1819 to 1825.