EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Bologna, Italy

Founding Date:
1088 AD

Official Website:
http://www.unibo.it/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Pope Alexander VI	Religion	1-Jan-1431	18-Aug-1503	Divided the New World for Portugal, Spain
Giovanni Battista Amici	Astronomer	25-Mar-1786	10-Apr-1863	Italian astronomer, microscopist
Michelangelo Antonioni	Film Director	29-Sep-1912	30-Jul-2007	Professione: reporter
Pope Benedict XV	Religion	21-Nov-1854	22-Jan-1922	Sat out World War I
Nicolaus Copernicus	Astronomer	19-Feb-1473	24-May-1543	Heliocentrist, De revolutionibus
Luigi Galvani	Doctor	9-Sep-1737	4-Dec-1798	Explored bioelectrical phenomena
Robert Jarvik	Doctor	11-May-1946		Co-Inventor, Jarvik-7 artificial heart
Marcello Malpighi	Doctor	10-Mar-1628	30-Nov-1694	Early microscopic anatomist
George Jean Nathan	Author	14-Feb-1882	8-Apr-1958	American Mercury
Pier Luigi Nervi	Architect	21-Jun-1891	9-Jan-1979	Experimented with reinforced concrete
Pier Paolo Pasolini	Film Director	5-Mar-1922	2-Nov-1975	Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom
Mario Pieri	Mathematician	22-Jun-1860	1-Mar-1913	Italian geometer
Pope Pius IV	Religion	31-Mar-1499	9-Dec-1565	Roman Catholic Pope 1560-65
Augusto Righi	Physicist	27-Aug-1850	8-Jun-1920	Electromagnetic waves
Bruno Rossi	Astronomer	13-Apr-1905	21-Nov-1993	Rossi curve and magnetopause
Pope Sixtus IV	Religion	21-Jul-1414	12-Aug-1484	Roman Catholic Pope, 1471-84

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Maria Gaetana Agnesi	Mathematician	16-May-1718	9-Jan-1799	Instituzioni Analitiche
Girolamo Cardano	Doctor	24-Sep-1501	21-Sep-1576	De Subtilitate
Giovanni Domenico Cassini	Astronomer	8-Jun-1625	14-Sep-1712	Italo-French astronomer
Umberto Eco	Scholar	5-Jan-1932	19-Feb-2016	Foucault's Pendulum, The Name of the Rose
Luigi Galvani	Doctor	9-Sep-1737	4-Dec-1798	Explored bioelectrical phenomena
Marcello Malpighi	Doctor	10-Mar-1628	30-Nov-1694	Early microscopic anatomist
Romano Prodi	Politician	9-Aug-1939		Prime Minister of Italy, 2006-07
Augusto Righi	Physicist	27-Aug-1850	8-Jun-1920	Electromagnetic waves

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