# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/giovanni-battista-grassi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:26:00.593Z

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name: "Giovanni Battista Grassi"
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description: "Giovanni Battista Grassi was an Italian physician and zoologist, best known for his pioneering works on parasitology, especially on malariology. He was Professor of Comparative Zoology at the University of Catania from 1883, and Professor of Comparative Anatomy at Sapienza University of Rome from 1895 until his death. His first major research on the taxonomy and biology of termites earned him the Royal Society's Darwin Medal in 1896."
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birthDate: "1854-03-27"
deathDate: "1925-05-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump