Editing Francesco Redi (section)

==Biography==
[[File:Doctor Francesco Redi.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Doctor Redi]]
The son of Gregorio Redi and Cecilia de Ghinci, Francesco Redi was born in [[Arezzo]] on 18 February 1626. His father was a renowned physician at [[Florence]]. After schooling with the [[Jesuits]], Francesco Redi attended the [[University of Pisa]] from where he obtained his doctoral degrees in medicine and philosophy in 1647, at the age of 21.<ref name= ami /> He constantly moved, to [[Rome]], [[Naples]], [[Bologna]], [[Padua]], and [[Venice]], and finally settled in Florence in 1648. Here he was registered at the ''Collegio Medico'' where he served at the Medici Court as both the head physician and superintendent of the ducal [[apothecary]] to [[Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] and his successor, [[Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Cosimo III]]. It is here that most of his academic works were achieved, which earned him membership in [[Accademia dei Lincei]]. He was also a member of the [[Accademia del Cimento]] (Academy of Experiment) from 1657 to 1667.<ref name=haw>{{cite journal |author= Hawgood BJ |title= Francesco Redi (1626-1697): Tuscan philosopher, physician and poet| journal= Journal of Medical Biography |year=2003| volume=11 |issue=1 |pages= 28–34 |pmid= 12522497|doi= 10.1177/096777200301100108|s2cid= 23575162}}</ref>

He died in his sleep on 1 March 1697 in Pisa and his remains were returned to Arezzo for interment.<ref name=bigelow>{{cite book |author= Francesco Redi of Arezzo |editor= Mab Bigelow (translation and notes) |title= Experiments on the Generation of Insects |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=w7ZRAAAAMAAJ&q=Francesco+Redi+experiment |access-date= 2 March 2010 |orig-year= 1668 |year= 1909 |publisher= Open Court |location= Chicago|isbn= 9780527744007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author= Francesco Redi of Arezzo |editor= Leigh Hunt (translation and notes) |title= Bacchus in Tuscany |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=iE8sAAAAMAAJ |access-date= 2 March 2010 |orig-year= 1685 |year= 1825 |publisher= Printed by J. C. Kelly for John and H. L. Hunt |location= London}}</ref>

A collection of his letters is held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oculus.nlm.nih.gov/redi|title=Francesco Redi Letters 1683-1693|publisher=National Library of Medicine}}</ref>