Ulisse Aldrovandi (11 September 1522 - 10 November 1605) was an Italian naturalist, the moving force behind Bologna's botanical garden, one of the first in Europe. Carolus Linnaeus and the comte de Buffon reckoned him the father of natural history studies. He is usually referred to, especially in older literature, as Aldrovandus. Wikipedia
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Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605) Professore di filosofia naturale a Bologna e fondatore dell'Orto Botanico, fu ritenuto da Linneo e da Buffon il fondatore della Storia Naturale moderna. www.centenarioaldrovandi.org/aldrovandi.html
... alfabetico; - l' erbario di Ulisse Aldrovandi , conservato nell'Universit di Bologna, del 1544, formato da 16 volumi con un totale di 4117 fogli e circa 4760 piante incollate; - l' erbario di ... www.dipbot.unict.it/Erbario/erbari_es.html
Ulisse Aldrovandi was a true Renaissance man, living between the lifetimes of da Vinci and Galileo, and rooted in both classical and religious sensibilities. Considering himself a latter-day Aristotle, Aldrovandi was named after one of the two protagonis www.strangescience.net/aldrovandi.htm