Francesco Todaro
Francesco Todaro was an Italian anatomist born in Tripi, a village in the province of Messina.
He taught classes in anatomy as Professor at the Universities of Messina and Rome [La">University of Rome La Sapienza">Rome [La Sapienza|Rome].
In his anatomical studies on the structure of the heart, he described a fibrous extension of the Eustachian valve, now referred to as the "tendon of Todaro". In the field of zoology, he conducted extensive studies on a variety of tunicates known as salps.
In 1874 he became a member of the "Nazionale dei Lincei".