Giuseppe Levi

Giuseppe Levi (14 October 1872 – 3 February 1965) was an Italian anatomist and histologist, professor of human anatomy (since 1916) at the universities of Sassari, Palermo and Turin.

He was born on 14 October 1872 in Trieste to Jewish parents, Michele Levi and Emma Perugia.

He contributed to the study of the nervous system, especially on the plasticity of sensory ganglion cells.

[4] While in Turin, he tutored three students who later won the Nobel Prize: Salvador Luria, Renato Dulbecco and Rita Levi-Montalcini.

[3] In 1931 he subscribed to the oath of allegiance to the Fascist regime imposed to University professors.