Background
Luigi Calori was born in San Pietro in Casale in 1807, son of Teresa Gibelli and Francesco Calori. His father was a country doctor.
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Luigi Calori
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He graduated on 7 July 1829 with a medical degree.
Career
During his years of study he met several exponents of Italian culture including Gioachino Rossini. He was appointed anatomical prosector at the university on 4 November 1830. He obtained a degree in Surgery on 4 April 1833.
In 1835 he was appointed Professor of Pictorial Anatomy at the Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna, holding this position until 1845.
On 19 October 1844 he was appointed Professor of Anatomy at the University of Bologna in succession to Professor Mondini. He held this position for 52 years until the day of his death in 1896.
He was also Director of the anatomical museum of Bologna from 1850 to 1896, Dean of the Medical Faculty of Bologna in the years 1869-1872 and 1882-1885, Great Rector of the University of Bologna in 1876-1877, honorary member and then several times President (1863-1871, 1880-1881, 1884-1888) of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna Institute, and president of the Medical Surgery Society of Bologna in 1856 and 1888.
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Umberto I of Italy appointed Calori Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus at the ceremony sponsored by the Academy of Sciences to honor its fifty years of teaching. He was also awarded the honors of Knight and Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy, Knight of the Order of Guadalupe in the Mexican Empire and Knight of the Civil Order of Savoy. In 1885, when the anatomist was still alive, the Piazza Maggiore in his home town was dedicated to him and is now called Piazza Calori.
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Italy