Giorgio Gallesio, Pomologist and Precursor of Gregor Mendel

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  • Silvio Martini Author

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https://doi.org/10.71318/apom.1961.15.3.53

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Count Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839) was one of the great pomologists of his day. He obtained a Doctor's Degree in Jurisprudence in 1793 at the University of Pavia in Italy. He was a member of the Commission that was sent to Paris to do homage to Napoleon on the occasion of his marriage to Mary Louise. He was Underprefect of Savona in 1810, and of Pontremoli in 1814. After the overthrow of Napoleon, he was a member of the Lepislative Commission of the Republic of Genoa. And lastly, he was Secretary of the Legation in the Representation of Genoa to the Congress of Vienna.

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1961-03-01

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Giorgio Gallesio, Pomologist and Precursor of Gregor Mendel. (1961). Journal of the American Pomological Society, 15(3), 53-54. https://doi.org/10.71318/apom.1961.15.3.53