Amico Bignami, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Amico Bignami

Italian physician and pathologist

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1862

Place of Birth: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Date of Death: 08-Sep-1929

Profession: physician

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Amico Bignami (15 April 1862 – 8 September 1929) was an Italian physician, pathologist, malariologist and sceptic.
He was professor of pathology at University of Rome (now Sapienza Università di Roma).
His most important scientific contribution was in the discovery of transmission of human malarial parasite in the mosquito.With researcher Ettore Marchiafava he described a neurological disease, which is now given the eponymous name Marchiafava–Bignami disease.