Francesco Saverio Monticelli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Francesco Saverio Monticelli

Italian zoologist

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1863

Place of Birth: Naples, Campania, Italy

Date of Death: 15-Nov-1927

Profession: zoologist, parasitologist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Francesco Saverio Monticelli (1863–1927) was an Italian zoologist at the Zoological Museum of Naples (curator from 1900). He was the taxonomic author of several families of parasites which are still recognized such as the Diplectanidae Monticelli, 1903 or the Plectanocotylidae Monticelli, 1903.