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Bruno Tozzi

1656 – 1743

Italian naturalist

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About Bruno Tozzi

Lived 1656 – 1743 (aged 86). Bruno Tozzi was a botanist.

Dom Bruno Tozzi (27 November 1656 – 29 January 1743) was an Italian monk, botanist and mycologist. An abbot of the Vallombrosan Order, he was a mentor for Pier Antonio Micheli who named the plant genus Tozzia in his honour.

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Tozzi was born in Montevarchi and his father, Francesco di Simone Tozzi, came from Florence. He was ordained in the Vallombrosan Order on 5 May 1676. He took an interest in the study of nature, travelling into the Alps and across Italy, collecting natural history specimens. Along with Pier Antonio Micheli, he took an interest in the fungi and described many species with illustrations. His manuscript Sylva fungorum is preserved at the Biblioteca Nazionale in Florence. Tozzi was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1715 and corresponded with James Petiver, Hans Sloane and other naturalists of the period. He was a founder of the Società Botanica Fiorentina. He lived a solitary life as a monk and died in Vallombrosa.

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Italian naturalist (1656-1743)

When was Bruno Tozzi born?

Bruno Tozzi was born on 27 November 1656 in Montevarchi.

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Bruno Tozzi died on 29 January 1743 in Vallombrosa.

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Bruno Tozzi was a botanist.

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· Wikipedia: Bruno Tozzi

· Wikidata: Q3645946

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