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Redi, Francesco, 1626-1697

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Personal name headingRedi, Francesco, 1626-1697
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Variant(s)Redi, F. (Francesco), 1626-1697
Redi, François, 1626-1697
Redi, Francisco, 1626-1697
Associated countryItaly
Birth date1626-02-18
Death date1697-03-01
Place of birthArezzo (Italy)
Place of deathPisa (Italy)
Field of activityMedicine
Poetry
Profession or occupationPhysicians
Poets
Found inHis Poesie, 1883.
InU/Wing STC files (usage: F. Redi; François Redi; Francisco Redi)
Encyclopaedia Britannica website, viewed August 25, 2016 (Francesco Redi; born February 18, 1626 in Arezzo, Italy; died March 1, 1697 in Pisa, Italy; Italian physician and poet who demonstrated that the presence of maggots in putrefying meat does not result from spontaneous generation but from eggs laid on the meat by flies)