Antonio Stoppani
Antonio Stoppani (born August 24, 1824 in Lecco , † January 1, 1891 in Milan ) was an Italian geoscientist and one of the founders of Italian geological research.
Life
Antonio Stoppani is said to have participated in a five-day uprising against the Austrian occupation of Milan ( Cinque Giornate , March 18-22, 1848) at a young age . In 1848 he was ordained a priest.
From 1861 he taught as a professor at the University of Pavia , from 1862 at the Milan Polytechnic as a professor.
His research focus was on the geology and paleontology of Lombardy and the Triassic . He emphasized the structural unity of the Lombard and Swiss Alps. With Edouard Desor he investigated the Lombard lake landscape . Prehistoric settlements were discovered in Brianza and Isella del lago di Annone . His systematic investigations of the Rhaetian Alps also made him internationally known. As early as 1873, Antonio Stoppani named the new age the “Anthropozoic Era” or “Anthropozoic Era”, thus anticipating the concept of the Anthropocene as a new geological age decisively shaped by human activity.
From 1878 to 1883 he taught at the Regio Istituto di Studî superiori in Florence , before returning to the Milan Polytechnic, where he also took over the management of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano as successor to Emilio Cornalia .
From 1875 he was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, in 1881 he was admitted to the Florentine Accademia della Crusca . In 1883 he became a member of the Leopoldina .
The book Il Bel Paese (The Beautiful Land), which he wrote in 1876, contained a number of short stories and essays on geology in Italy and the emergence and beauty of the Italian landscape. The book found a wide readership and is considered to be an important work that made geology popular in Italy.
In 1863 he led the first systematic excavations for fossils on Monte San Giorgio for the Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali .
Stoppani was a maternal great-uncle of Maria Montessori .
Publications
- 1858–1881: Lombard paleontology
- 1858–1860: Les petrifaction d'Esino
- 1860–1865: Géologie et paleontologie des conches a Avicula Contorta en Lombardie
- 1871–1873: Corso di geologia (3 volumes)
- Volume I ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive )
- Volume II ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive )
- Volume III
- 1874: I primi anni di Alessandro Manzoni . Bernardoni, Milan
- 1876: Il Bel Paese. Conversazioni sulle bellezze naturali la geologia e la geografia fisica d'Italia . Agnelli, Milan
- New edition 2011: British Library , Historical Print Editions, ISBN 1-241-34725-5
- 1881: L'Era Neozoica
literature
- Stoppani, Antonio . In: Enciclopedia Italiana , Rome 1936.
- Stoppani, Antonio . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 25 : Shuválov - Subliminal Self . London 1911, p. 967 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
- Publications by Antonio Stoppani in the Opac des Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale
- Standard entry in the Opac of the Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale
- Stoppani, Antonio. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member list of the Crusca
- ↑ Member entry of Antonio Stoppani at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 22, 2016.
- ↑ The Pioneers, Monte San Giorgio
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stoppani, Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian geologist and geoscientist, university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lecco |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1891 |
| Place of death | Milan |