Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694) was an Italian scientist and physician famous for discovering the capillaries of the human circulatory system in 1661 and, as the greatest anatomist of the Scientific Revolution, founding the science of microscopic anatomy and embryology. Malpighi's work was regularly published by the Royal Society, and he was made a fellow of that society in 1668.
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1628 - 1694Life of the Italian scientist Marcello Malpighi.
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1653Marcello Malpighi achieves his doctorate in medicine and philosophy at the University of Bologna.
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1656 - 1659Marcello Malpighi is Professor of Theoretical Medicine at the University of Pisa.
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1659Marcello Malpighi is appointed Professor of Medicine at the University of Bologna.
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1661Marcello Malpighi publishes 'On the Lungs', in which he reveals his discovery of capillaries in the human circulatory system.
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1662Marcello Malpighi teaches medicine at the University of Messina in Sicily.
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1666 - 1691Marcello Malpighi runs a medical practice in Bologna.
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1668Marcello Malpighi is made a fellow of the Royal Society.
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1673Marcello Malpighi publishes his 'On the Formation of the Chick in the Egg ', the first work in embryology.
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1684Marcello Malpighi home is burned down by opponents of his work in microscopy.
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1686Marcello Malpighi publishes a collection of his works.
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1691Pope Innocent XII appoints Marcello Malpighi his official physician.
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30 Nov 1694Marcello Malpighi dies in Rome.
