University of Padua
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Patricia Beer | Her parents had intended her from childhood to be a teacher. In fact her first job was that of lecturer at the University of Padua
in Italy. |
Timeline
1543
Andreas Vesalius
, professor of anatomy at Padua University, published De humani corporis fabrica, and Nicolaus Copernicus
published De revolutionibus.
1678-06-25
Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia
became the first woman to be awarded an academic degree (although Dorotea Bocchi
had been appointed to an academic chair almost three hundred years before this).