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Corti, Bonaventura

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CORTI, BONAVENTURA. - Ecclesiastic, naturalist, b. at Scandiano (Emilia) on 26 Feb. 1729, d. at Reggio Emilia on 30 Jan. 1813. He was professor of physics at the college of S. Nazario in Reggio Emilia, then rector of that of S. Carlo in Modena.

His most celebrated observations are those on protoplasmic movements in plant cells, thus anticipating Brown in the description of the movements of the granules of the protoplasm (movements called "Brownian"). His first observations in fact go back to 1772, while R. Brown was born in 1773.

His most notable works are: Osservazioni microscopiche sulla Tremella e sulla circolazione del fluido in una pianta acquaiola (Chara; Lucca 1744); Sulla circolazione del fluido scoperta in varie piante (Milan 1776).

Bibliography

BIBL.: P. Bonizzi, Intorno alle opere scientifiche di C. B., Modena 1883.

Alberto Stefanelli

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 666.

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Stefanelli, Alberto. “Corti, bonaventura.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 666. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/corti-bonaventura.

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Stefanelli, Alberto. “Corti, bonaventura.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 666. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/corti-bonaventura.

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  title     = {Corti, bonaventura},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
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