Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (Cavalese, June 3, 1723 - Pavia, May 8, 1788) was an Italian physician and naturalist.
Scopoli was born in Cavalese in the Val di Fiemme, and his father was a lawyer. After obtaining his medical degree at the University of Innsbruck, he practiced as a doctor, first in Cavalese and then in Venice. At that time he began to collect plants and insects found in the Alps for two years served as private secretary to the Earl of Seckan and subsequently became Medical mines in Idria, a small village in Slovenia, staying there for sixteen years. In 1761 he published De Hydroargyro Idriensi Tentamina, which were the symptoms of mercury poisoning caused by work in mines.
Scopoli spent much time studying the local nature, published in 1760, Flora Carniolica and important work in entomology.
Illustration taken from Deliciae Flora et Fauna Insubricae. described, in detail, the macroscopic and distinctive characters of 187 fungal species, dividing them into 11 kinds according to the scheme of Linnaeus. The species that bear his name are thirty, remember: Amanita Caesarea, Clitocybe reverse Macrolepiota procera, Sarcoscypha coccinea.Un 'his other work was Historico-Naturales Years (1769-72), which includes descriptions of new species of birds from various collezioni.Nel 1769, he settled in Banská Scopoli Štiavnica Mining as a lecturer at the Academy, and in 1777 moved to the University of Pavia . His last job was Deliciae Insubricae Flora et Fauna (1786-88), which includes the scientific names of birds and mammals Sonnerat described by Pierre in his notes of the journey of 'alkaloid Scopolamine was named in his honor.
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