Profile of Manetti in a 1777 medal by Giovanni Zanobio Weber
Francesco Saverio Manetti also spelt Xaviero or Xaverio Manetti (Latinized as Franciscus Xaverius Manetti civis Florentinus) (12 November 1723 – 12 November 1785) was an Italian physician, botanist and ornithologist. Among his works is the treatise on birds, Ornithologia methodice digesta or Storia naturale degli uccelli (1776). The plant genus Manettia was named in his honour by Carl Linnaeus.
Manetti was born in Brozzi to Giovanni Bernardo and Maria Teresa Nesiscolt of Prague. His early studies were in Florence and later at Pisa where he studied botany under Pier Antonio Micheli. He graduated in medicine in 1745 and worked in Florence. In 1758 he joined the National Medical College where he studied anatomy under Antonio Cocchi (1695–1758), conducting the autopsy of Cocchi.[1] Manetti was Professor of Botany of the "Società Botanica Fiorentina", a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, a Fellow of the Royal Society, learned societies in Göttingen and Montpellier, an Accademico dell'Istituto di Bologna and he maintained scientific contacts with the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus and with the main scientific circles of the second half of the 18th century.
Sarus crane from Ornithologia methodice digesta volume 4 (1777)
He was supervisor of the Orto Botanico di Firenze in Florence from 1749 to 1782 succeeding to Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti and Secretary of the Accademia dei Georgofili. With remarkable organizational effort, he secured the publication of Storia naturale degli uccelli, Natural History of the birds, a monumental work in five volumes illustrated with 600 hand-coloured engravings based on watercolor paintings. The book was commissioned by Maria Luisa, Grand duchess of Tuscany and the first volume was dedicated to Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo. The third volume was dedicated to Ferdinando di Brobone and the fourth to Giorgio Nassau Clavering.[2] The engravings were made by Tuscan abbot and engraver Lorenzo Lorenzi and Violante Vanni who had studied under British engraver Robert Strange. Engraving was an unusual profession for women in Florence during the period.[3]
Title page of volume 4 Storia degli Ucelli
Manetti also took interest in agriculture and wrote a book on the varieties of wheat. He also wrote on wine and viniculture, Oenologia toscana (1773) under the pen-name of Giovanni Cosimo Villifranchi.[3]
Manetti was honoured by the plant genus Manettia erected by Carolus Linnaeus.[3]
^Santi, Raffaella; Conti, Andrea A.; Nesi, Gabriella (2011). "What a pity the master cannot admire his pupil's work: The autopsy of the anatomist Antonio Cocchi (1695–1758) performed by his pupil Saverio Manetti". Cardiovascular Pathology. 20 (4): 238–41. doi:10.1016/j.carpath.2010.05.002. PMID 20619688.
^Dance, S. Peter (1989). The art of natural history. London: Bracken Books. pp. 70–72, 163–170. ISBN 1-85170-283-0.
^ abcPasta, Renato (2007). "Manetti, Saverio". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani – Volume 68 (in Italian).
Francesco SaverioManetti also spelt Xaviero or Xaverio Manetti (Latinized as Franciscus Xaverius Manetti civis Florentinus) (12 November 1723 – 12 November...
Lorenzo Manetti, (c. 1571 – 1639), Italian painter SaverioManetti (1723–1785), Italian physician, botanist and ornithologist Teresa Maria Manetti, (1846–1910)...
Central and South America. Most are vines. The genus was named after SaverioManetti. Species include: Manettia angamarcensis Manettia arboricola Manettia...
Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist (died 1806) November 12 – SaverioManetti, Italian natural historian (died 1785) August 26 – Anton van Leeuwenhoek...
of the anatomist Antonio Cocchi (1695-1758) performed by his pupil SaverioManetti". Cardiovasc. Pathol. 20 (4). United States: 238–41. doi:10.1016/j...
supervisor of the Orto Botanico di Firenze in Florence succeeded by SaverioManetti. He had varied interests including writing about ways to prevent the...
Malchevsky – Russia Alfred Malherbe – France Louis Mandelli – Italy, India SaverioManetti – Italy Stephen Marchant – Australia Charles Henry Tilson Marshall...
Timișoara Fortress construction completed by the Habsburg Empire. SaverioManetti begins publication of his Storia naturale degli uccelli, trattata con...
naturalist (born 1730) Pierre Le Roy, French clockmaker (born 1717) SaverioManetti, Italian natural historian (born 1723) undated – Faustina Pignatelli...
Holophusikon 1776 – Francesco Cetti publishes Uccelli di Sardegna 1776 – SaverioManetti publishes the monumental Storia naturale degli uccelli 1776 – Philipp...
The first Index seminum is the Viridarium Florentinum published by SaverioManetti, director of the Orto Botanico di Firenze, in 1751. Telanthera bettzickiana...
Guarnieri, Dario Sansone Best film: Love and Bullets by Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti Best Cast: Giampaolo Morelli, Serena Rossi, Claudia Gerini, Carlo...
2013;108(4):552-9. Tommasi C, Bencini L, Bernini M, Naspetti R, Cavallina G, Manetti R, et al. Routine use of simultaneous laparoendoscopic approach in patients...
and Stefano Mordini; based on the novel by Edoardo Albinati Diabolik – Manetti Bros. and Michelangelo La Neve; based on the comic series by Angela and...
Maternity Blues Fabrizio Cattani Qualche nuvola Saverio Di Biagio The Arrival of Wang L'arrivo di Wang Manetti Bros. Things from Another World Cose dell'altro...
(Italy, 1998) Corso Salani, West - Occidente (Italy, 2000) Marco Manetti and Antonio Manetti, Zora the Vampire (Italy, 2000) Vincenzo Marra, Sailing Home...
1532); one of the world's most famous essays on political science Giannozzo Manetti (1396–1459), politician and diplomat; significant scholar of the early...
Carpignano A Ciambra Gianni Amelio Tenderness Paolo Genovese The Place Manetti Bros. Love and Bullets Ferzan Özpetek Napoli velata 2018 (64th) Matteo...
Global Information
