Galileo Galilei - Galileo enrolled at the University of Pisa for a medical degree

Time: 1580

Place: University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Details: Although Galileo seriously considered the priesthood as a young man, at his father's urging he instead enrolled in 1580 at the University of Pisa for a medical degree.

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