Marcantonio della Torre was an anatomist and professor at the University of Pavia around the 16th century.

Oxford University is where Brian Bellhouse along with a group of medical researchers confirmed Leonardo da Vinci's theory on blood flow through the aortic valve. Only with the use of radiograpy and dyes was this confirmed 450 years after da Vinci wrote about it in his notes.

Marcantonio della Torre was an anatomist and professor at the University of Pavia around the 16th century. While emplyed there, he and Leonardo da Vinci worked closely togehter, studying corpses and annotating findings. It was believed they had intentions of publishing an anatomy book together. Unortunatley, della Torre died in 1511 from the plague and thus the countless papers never got published, keeping both della Torre and da Vinci and the hidden fathers of anatomy.