Jacopo da Forlì

In this medieval Italian name, the name da Forlì is an indicator of birthplace, not a family name.

Jacopo da Forlì
Born	c. 1364 (1364) Forlì, Papal States (now Forlì, Italy)
Died	1414 (aged 49–50) Padua, Republic of Venice (now Padua, Italy)
Scientific career
Fields	Medicine
Institutions	University of Padua
Doctoral students	Vittorino da Feltre

Jacopo da Forlì (also known as Giacomo dalla Torre, Jacopo della Torre, Iacobus Foroliviensis, or Giacomo da Forli; c. 1364 – 1414) was a 14th-century Italian physician and philosopher.

Life

Jacopo is known particularly for his studies of embryology. He became a professor at the University of Padua in the early 15th century, where he taught Vittorino da Feltre. His death is documented in the Malatestiana Library (in Latin):

Explicit questio de intensione et remissione formarum secundum famosissimum artium et medicine doctorem magistrum Jacobum de Forlivio qui 1414 pridie ydus februarii ab hac vita ad superiora migravit. Scripta vero per me fratrem Bellinum de Padua 1468.

It describes that Jacopo died in February 1414.