Who honored Redi with a medal for his poetry?
Pope Innocent XI
Cosimo III
Vittoria Colonna
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Answer
Cosimo III, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, honored Redi with a medal for his poetry in 1681. Redi was a poet and naturalist, and his work on the insect world was highly influential. He is best known for his experiments on maggots, which he published in his book, "Esperienze intorno alla generazione degli insetti" ("Experiments on the Generation of Insects").
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