Enrico Verson


Enrico Verson was an Italian entomologist,
A physician, Verson worked initially at the experimental station of Gorizia before founding the second research station on the silkworm in the world, the Stazione Bacologica Sperimentale in 1871. Verson made many observations on the biology of the silkworm and made anatomical discoveries such as the cells of Verson and glands of Verson.
He had a considerable influence on the Italian entomologists of his and the following generation like Antonio Berlese, Adolfo Targioni Tozzetti and Filippo Silvestri.