Giuseppe Saverio Poli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giuseppe Saverio Poli

Italian scientist

Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1746

Place of Birth: Molfetta, Apulia, Italy

Date of Death: 07-Apr-1825

Profession: physician, physicist, zoologist, biologist, entomologist, malacologist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Giuseppe Saverio Poli (26 October 1746 – 7 April 1825) was an Italian physicist, biologist and natural historian. His collections, together with those stored in the Royal Bourbon Museum, were the foundation of the Zoological Museum of Naples.
The specimens were from locations all over the world, and included, especially, Lepidoptera, Cnidaria and Mollusca.