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6 unusual facts about University of Genoa


Alberto Peluffo

After he graduated in Foreign Languages at the University of Genoa in 1983 Peluffo was appointed conversation teacher at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, UK.

Andrea Cardona

At age 18, inclined to engage in the Tourism Industry, she applied for a scholarship at the University of Genoa in Italy and four years later graduated from Tourism Economics.

Betti reaction

Betti worked at many universities in Italy, including Florence, Cagliari, Siena, Genoa and Bologna, where he was the successor of Giacomo Ciamician.

Franz Christian Boll

Later he became a professor at the University of Genoa, and from 1873 to 1879 was a professor of physiology in Rome.

Giacomo Margotti

He was a native of San Remo, where his father was president of the Chamber of Commerce, and there he studied the classics and philosophy, after which he entered the seminary of Ventimiglia; in 1845, he obtained the doctorate at the University of Genoa and was received into the Royal Academy of Superga, where he remained until 1849.

Tomaso Poggio

Born in Genoa, Italy, and educated at Istituto Arecco, Tomaso Poggio completed his doctorate in physics at the University of Genoa and received his degree in Theoretical Physics under professor A. Borsellino.


Annaclara Cataldi Palau

Annaclara Cataldi was born in Genoa and studied Classics in the University of Genoa, then she lived several years in Paris and studied Greek palaeography at the Sorbonne.

Daniel Hanbury

He was an essential partner to his brother, Sir Thomas Hanbury, in selecting specimens for and establishing the Giardini Botanici Hanbury at La Mortola, now maintained by the University of Genoa.


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