| Activity | MD University of Innsbruck. Collected plants and insects in the Alps whilst a doctor in Cavalese and Venice. Physician of the mercury mines in Idrija, Slovenia, for sixteen years and wrote on mercury poisoning. Professor of chemistry and metallurgy at Mining Academy at Schemnitz, Hungary, 1767-1776. Professor of chemistry and botany, University of Pavia, 1777. Rivalry with Lazzaro Spallanzani who was accused of stealing specimens from the Pavia museum. |