Francesco Gennari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Francesco Gennari

Italian anatomist

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1750

Place of Birth: Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Date of Death: 04-Dec-1797

Profession: anatomist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Francesco Gennari (born 4 October 1750 Mattaleto di Langhirano; died 4 December 1797) was an Italian anatomist.
He is known for line of Gennari, a macroscopically white band seen in the cerebral cortex of the occipital lobe, which he observed on 2 February 1776 in the course of examining frozen sections of unstained human brain during his study in medical school.
He mentioned it in his book De peculiari structura cerebri, nonnulisque ejus morbis, and referred to it as lineola albidior. The discovery of this part of the brain is considered the first evidence that the cerebral cortex was not uniform in structure.Gennari attended medical school in Parma, and received a medical degree in 1776.
His life declined thereafter, as Gennari became a compulsive gambler.
He died penniless.