Lazzaro Spallanzani Lazzaro Spallanzai, was the Italian physiologist who was one of the founders of experimental biology. Born in Scandiano, a small town in the providence of Emilia on Jan. 12, 1729 , Spallanzani was among the many dedicated philosophersof the eighteeth century (Lazzaro...1). His main scientific interests were biological and was a master at mircoscopy,but he also looked into problems of physics,chemistry, geology, and meteorology, and volcanology (Gillispie,1).
renaissance. Prince Giovanni Pico della Mirandola was born in a family of three boys whose father Francesco 1, was the lord of Mirandola and Concordia count from 1415 -1467 and their mother Giulia, was the daughter of Boiardo Feltrino of count di Scandiano. Mirandola, a small territory west of Ferrara had gained independence in the 14th century and handed over by the Concordian Emperor Sigismund the fief in 1414. The family for long time lived in the Mirandola castle also known as Duchy of Modena.