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Ruggero Oddi
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Portrait of Oddi, 1906
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| Born | July 20, 1864 Perugia, Italy
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| Died | March 22, 1913 (aged 48) Tunis, Tunisia
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| Nationality | Italian |
| Alma mater | University of Bologna |
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| Fields | physiology anatomy |
| Institutions | University of Genoa |
Ruggero Oddi (July 20, 1864 – March 22, 1913) was an Italian physiologist and anatomist who was a native of Perugia.
Biography
He studied medicine at Perugia, University of Bologna and Florence, and in 1894 was appointed head of the Physiology Institute at the University of Genoa. In 1900 he was relieved of his position at Genoa because of fiscal improprieties. Later, he sought employment as a doctor with the Belgian colonial medical service, and spent some time working in the Belgian Congo. Oddi died on March 22, 1913, in Tunis, Tunisia.
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