Giovanni Bianchi (physician)

He wrote numerous medical texts and De Conchis minus notis liber (1739), a work on Foraminifera,[1] and maintained a cabinet of curiosities.

He maintained a correspondence with a wide circle of cultured Italians but was not always in agreement with other members of the medical profession, preferring to put into practice his own research results rather than relying on traditional methods.

Returning to Rimini, where he was held in high esteem and nominated as a "noble citizen" by the municipal authorities, he became director of a private academy in which students studied medicine, logic, geometry and Greek.

[2] He published an autobiography in Latin in 1742 in which he described himself as a child prodigy, dedicated to his studies and gifted with exceptional skills; the work was written anonymously as if by someone else.

[3] He had great talents as a doctor and a relationship with a number of important scientists and scholars, resulting in considerable fame, both in Italy and abroad.