ALDROVANDI, ULISSI (15 2 2-1605 ), Italian naturalist, was born of noble parentage at Bologna, where he was professor of natural history from 156o onwards. At his instance the senate of Bologna established in 1568 a botanical garden, of which he was appointed the first director. About the same time he be came inspector of drugs, and in that capacity published in a work entitled Antidotarii Bononiensis Epitome, which formed the model for many subsequent pharmacopoeias. The results of his various researches were embodied in a great Natural History. The first three volumes, comprising his ornithology, were pub lished in 1599, and a fourth, treating of insects, appeared in 1602. The value of the work is increased by the number and beauty of its illustrations. After his death a number of other volumes were compiled from his manuscript materials under the editor ship of several of his pupils.