In which year was Francesco Redi born?
1636
1616
1626
1656
Answer
Francesco Redi was born in Arezzo, Italy in 1626. He was a physician and naturalist who is best known for his work on spontaneous generation. In his book "Experiments on the Generation of Insects" (1668), Redi showed that maggots did not spontaneously appear on rotting meat, but were instead the offspring of flies that laid eggs on the meat.
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