Filippo De Filippi
Italian zoologist (1814-1867)
Filippo De Filippi (20 April 1814 – 9 February 1867) was an Italian medical doctor, traveler and zoologist.
Career
Filippo De Filippi was born in Pavia. In 1836, he received his medical degree from the University of Pavia, where afterwards he worked as an assistant to the chair of zoology. From 1840 he worked at the museum of natural history in Milan. In 1848 he succeeded Giuseppe Gené as professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Turin.
He was the director of the scientific group affiliated with the first official mission sent to Persia in 1862, intended to re-establish diplomatic relations between the two countries. While here, he maintained a diary that subsequently became an interesting travel book on the country. Upon his return to Italy, he wrote a number of articles on the botany and zoology of Persia.
Later he became a senator of the Kingdom of Italy, but De Filippi set out in 1866 on a government-sponsored scientific voyage to circumnavigate the globe. The ship, the Italian corvette Magenta, sailed under the command of Vittorio Arminjon, departing Montevideo on 2 February 1866.
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