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[[Image:Michelangelo Tilli00.jpg|thumb|left|<center>Michelangelo Tilli 1724</center>]]
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'''Michelangelo Tilli''' or '''Michaele Angelo Tilli''' (1655 [[Castelfiorentino]] – 1740 [[Pisa]]) was an Italian physician and botanist, noted for his publication of "''Catalogus Plantarum Horti Pisani''" (Florence 1723).
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| caption = Michelangelo Tilli (1714)
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1655|08|08}}
| birth_place = [[Castelfiorentino]], [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1740|03|13|1655|08|08}}
| death_place = [[Pisa]], [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]]
| nationality = [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany|Tuscan]]
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| field = [[Medicine]] and [[botany]]
| academic_advisors = [[Lorenzo Bellini]]
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| workplaces = {{flatlist|
* [[University of Pisa]]
* [[Orto botanico di Pisa]]
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| alma_mater = [[University of Pisa]]
| known_for = ''Catalogus Plantarum Horti Pisani''
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| parents = Desiderio di Giovanni Tilli <br/> Lucrezia Salvadori
| resting_place = [[:it:Chiesa di San Francesco (Castelfiorentino)|Chiesa di San Francesco, Castelfiorentino]]
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'''Michelangelo Tilli''' or '''Michele Angelo Tilli''' {{postnominals|post-noms=[[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]}} (8 August 1655 – 13 March 1740) was an Italian physician and botanist, noted for his publication of ''Catalogus Plantarum Horti Pisani'' (Florence 1723).<ref name=pisani/>


== Biography ==
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Michelangelo was born in [[Castelfiorentino]], the son of Desiderio Tilli and Lucrezia Salvadori. In 1677 he graduated in medicine and surgery at the [[University of Pisa]] and in 1681 was appointed as [[ship's doctor|naval surgeon]] by [[Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Cosimo III]]. He embarked on a Tuscan galley for the [[Balearic Islands]] and went to [[Constantinople]] in 1683 with the florentine surgeon [[Pier Francesco Pasquali]] to tend to Musaipp Pasha [[Mustafa II]], the son of the sultan [[Mehmed IV]], after a serious fall from his horse. From there they spent some time in [[Albania]] and [[Adrianople]], and Tulli went on to [[Tunis]], to study the remains of [[Carthage]] and to collect botanical specimens.
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[[File:Michelangelo Tilli01.jpg|thumb|Catalogus Plantarum Horti Pisani]]
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Michelangelo was born in [[Castelfiorentino]], the son of Desiderio Tilli and Lucrezia Salvadori. In 1677 he graduated in medicine and surgery at the [[University of Pisa]] and in 1681 was appointed as [[ship's doctor|naval surgeon]] by [[Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Cosimo III]]. He embarked on a Tuscan galley for the [[Balearic Islands]] and went to [[Constantinople]] in 1683 with the florentine surgeon [[Pier Francesco Pasquali]] to tend to Musaipp Pasha [[Mustafa II]], the son of the sultan [[Mehmed IV]], after a serious fall from his horse. From there they spent some time in [[Albania]] and [[Adrianople]], and Tilli went on to [[Tunis]], to study the remains of [[Carthage]] and to collect botanical specimens.


He became professor of botany at [[Pisa]] in 1685 and also director of the [[Orto botanico di Pisa|Botanical Garden of Pisa]], introducing plants from Asia and Africa. He was among the first in Italy to use greenhouses for plants, making it possible to cultivate pineapples and coffee in Italy. Linnaeus praised Pisa's botanical garden as one of the finest in Europe.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040630112917/http://www.navigationdusavoir.net/PortalPisa/seafarers/moderna_carriere1.html pagina tipo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Cosimo III was an enthusiastic supporter of the garden, arranging for the importation of plants from as far afield as the Americas.
He became professor of botany at [[Pisa]] in 1685 and also director of the [[Orto botanico di Pisa|Botanical Garden of Pisa]], introducing plants from Asia and Africa. He was among the first in Italy to use greenhouses for plants, making it possible to cultivate pineapples and coffee in Italy. [[Carl Linnaeus]] praised Pisa's botanical garden as one of the finest in Europe.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040630112917/http://www.navigationdusavoir.net/PortalPisa/seafarers/moderna_carriere1.html Pisan Portal (Navigationdusavoir)<!-- Bot generated title now adjusted slightly-->]</ref> [[Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Cosimo III]] was an enthusiastic supporter of the garden, arranging for the importation of plants from as far afield as the Americas.


He became a member of the [[Royal Society]] in 1708.
He became a member of the [[Royal Society]] in 1708.


== References ==
== References ==
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{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=pisani>{{cite book|last=Tilli|first=M.A.|year=1723|url=https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/14084/?offset=&height_top=50#page=1&viewer=picture&o=bookmark&n=0&q=|title=Catalogus Plantarum Horti Pisani|location=Florentiae|publisher=Typis Regiae Celsitudinis. Apud Tartinium & Franchium}}</ref>
}}

== Bibliography ==

* [[Giovanni Lami]], ''Commemorazione'', in ''Novelle letterarie'', 20 maggio 1740, n. 21, col. 325-330;
* {{cite book|author=[[Carl Linnaeus]]|title=Philosophia botanica|location=Stockholm|year=1751|pages=2–17}}
* {{cite book|first=Angelo|last=Fabroni|author-link=Angelo Fabroni|title=Vitarum italorum doctrina excellentium qui saeculo XVIII floruerunt|location=Rome|year=1775|volume=V|pages=355–380}}
* {{cite book|first=Giovanni|last=Calvi|title=Commentarium inserviturum historiae pisani vireti botanici academici|location=Pisa|year=1777|pages=157–172}}
* {{cite book|first=Angelo|last=Fabroni|title=Historia Academiae pisanae|location=Pisa|year=1791|volume=III|pages=236–239}}
* {{cite journal|first=Vittorio|last=Niccoli|title=Michelangelo Tilli|journal=Miscellanea Storica della Valdelsa|volume=I|year=1893|pages=12–24}}
* {{cite journal|first=Ugo|last=Nomi Pesciolini|title=Per la biografia di uno scienziato e viaggiatore valdelsano. Michelangelo Tilli|journal=Miscellanea Storica della Valdelsa|volume=XIX|year=1911|pages=1–21}}
* {{cite journal|first=Antonio|last=Neviani|title=Una lettera del conte Luigi Ferdinando Marsili al professor Michelangelo Tilli|journal=Rivista di storia di scienze mediche e naturali|volume=XXXI|year=1940|pages=83–87}}
* {{cite book|first=Eric W.|last=Cochrane|author-link=Eric W. Cochrane|title=Tradition and enlightenment in the Tuscan academies, 1690-1800|location=Rome|year=1961|pages=130–132}}
* {{cite journal|author-link=Marie Boas Hall|first=Marie|last=Boas Hall|title=La scienza italiana vista dalla Royal Society|journal=Scienza e Letteratura Nella Cultura Italiana del Settecento|location=Bologna|year=1984|pages=52–60}}
* {{cite book|first1=Lucia|last1=Tongiorgi Tomasi|first2=Fabio|last2=Garbari|first3=Alessandro|last3=Tosi|title=Giardino dei semplici: l'orto botanico di Pisa dal XVI al XX secolo|location=Pisa|year=1991|pages=65-67, 69 f}}
* {{cite journal|first=Tiziano|last=Arrigoni|title=Lo studio della botanica nella Toscana del Settecento|journal=Museologia Scientifica|volume=IX|year=1992|pages=386, 388, 394}}

==External links==
* {{DBI |title= TILLI, Michelangelo |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/michelangelo-tilli_(Dizionario-Biografico)|last= Brevaglieri|first= Sabina|volume= 95}}


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Latest revision as of 13:28, 26 June 2024

Doctor of Medicine
Michelangelo Tilli
FRS
Michelangelo Tilli (1714)
Born(1655-08-08)August 8, 1655
Castelfiorentino, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died13 March 1740(1740-03-13) (aged 84)
Pisa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Resting placeChiesa di San Francesco, Castelfiorentino
NationalityTuscan
Alma materUniversity of Pisa
Known forCatalogus Plantarum Horti Pisani
Parent(s)Desiderio di Giovanni Tilli
Lucrezia Salvadori
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine and botany
Institutions
Academic advisorsLorenzo Bellini

Michelangelo Tilli or Michele Angelo Tilli FRS (8 August 1655 – 13 March 1740) was an Italian physician and botanist, noted for his publication of Catalogus Plantarum Horti Pisani (Florence 1723).[1]

Biography

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Catalogus Plantarum Horti Pisani

Michelangelo was born in Castelfiorentino, the son of Desiderio Tilli and Lucrezia Salvadori. In 1677 he graduated in medicine and surgery at the University of Pisa and in 1681 was appointed as naval surgeon by Cosimo III. He embarked on a Tuscan galley for the Balearic Islands and went to Constantinople in 1683 with the florentine surgeon Pier Francesco Pasquali to tend to Musaipp Pasha Mustafa II, the son of the sultan Mehmed IV, after a serious fall from his horse. From there they spent some time in Albania and Adrianople, and Tilli went on to Tunis, to study the remains of Carthage and to collect botanical specimens.

He became professor of botany at Pisa in 1685 and also director of the Botanical Garden of Pisa, introducing plants from Asia and Africa. He was among the first in Italy to use greenhouses for plants, making it possible to cultivate pineapples and coffee in Italy. Carl Linnaeus praised Pisa's botanical garden as one of the finest in Europe.[2] Cosimo III was an enthusiastic supporter of the garden, arranging for the importation of plants from as far afield as the Americas.

He became a member of the Royal Society in 1708.

References

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  1. ^ Tilli, M.A. (1723). Catalogus Plantarum Horti Pisani. Florentiae: Typis Regiae Celsitudinis. Apud Tartinium & Franchium.
  2. ^ Pisan Portal (Navigationdusavoir)

Bibliography

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  • Giovanni Lami, Commemorazione, in Novelle letterarie, 20 maggio 1740, n. 21, col. 325-330;
  • Carl Linnaeus (1751). Philosophia botanica. Stockholm. pp. 2–17.
  • Fabroni, Angelo (1775). Vitarum italorum doctrina excellentium qui saeculo XVIII floruerunt. Vol. V. Rome. pp. 355–380.
  • Calvi, Giovanni (1777). Commentarium inserviturum historiae pisani vireti botanici academici. Pisa. pp. 157–172.
  • Fabroni, Angelo (1791). Historia Academiae pisanae. Vol. III. Pisa. pp. 236–239.
  • Niccoli, Vittorio (1893). "Michelangelo Tilli". Miscellanea Storica della Valdelsa. I: 12–24.
  • Nomi Pesciolini, Ugo (1911). "Per la biografia di uno scienziato e viaggiatore valdelsano. Michelangelo Tilli". Miscellanea Storica della Valdelsa. XIX: 1–21.
  • Neviani, Antonio (1940). "Una lettera del conte Luigi Ferdinando Marsili al professor Michelangelo Tilli". Rivista di storia di scienze mediche e naturali. XXXI: 83–87.
  • Cochrane, Eric W. (1961). Tradition and enlightenment in the Tuscan academies, 1690-1800. Rome. pp. 130–132.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Boas Hall, Marie (1984). "La scienza italiana vista dalla Royal Society". Scienza e Letteratura Nella Cultura Italiana del Settecento. Bologna: 52–60.
  • Tongiorgi Tomasi, Lucia; Garbari, Fabio; Tosi, Alessandro (1991). Giardino dei semplici: l'orto botanico di Pisa dal XVI al XX secolo. Pisa. pp. 65–67, 69 f.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Arrigoni, Tiziano (1992). "Lo studio della botanica nella Toscana del Settecento". Museologia Scientifica. IX: 386, 388, 394.
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