Giuseppe Meneghini

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Giuseppe Meneghini (born July 30, 1811 in Padua , † January 29, 1889 in Pisa ) was an Italian geologist , paleontologist , surgeon , ophthalmologist and author .

Life and work

Meneghini first studied medicine in his hometown of Padua , where he became an assistant at the local department of botany , where he has already published some scientific papers on physiological and botanical topics. In 1839 he became professor of physics, chemistry and botany in Padua. In the course of the revolutionary activities in Austrian Italy, he had to flee Padua in 1848. He emigrated to Pisa, Tuscany, where he was given the chair for mineralogy and geology of the previous chairman Leopoldo Pilla (1805-1848), who died in the battles against Austria . There he acquired a great reputation for the paleontological collections, which were an important first focus in Pisa. At the same time he also became director of the geological cabinet.

In Pisa he published numerous papers on the geology of Tuscany . From 1853 to 1862 he made annual reports on the copper mines of the Apennines and on the Societas Mineralia anglo-toscana. Works on the paleontology of the island of Sardinia (1857-1860) and Lombardy (1867-1881) completed his scientific research. In recognition of his scientific achievements, he was accepted into the Prussian order Pour le Mérite for science and the arts in 1888 . In 1837 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

Works

  1. Lezioni orali di geografia fisica del Prof. GM raccolte dagli studenti dell'anno scolastico 1850–51
  2. Botanical and Physiological Memoirs, consisting of I. The Phenomenon of Rejuvenescence in Nature
  3. Ricerche sulla struttura del caule nelle piante monocotiledoni (1836)

Honor

The mineral meneghinite is named after Giuseppe Meneghini. In addition, the names of the ammonite genera Meneghiniceras Hyatt (since 1900) and Meneghinia Fucini (since 1931) keep the memory of the scientist alive.

source

  • The Order Pour le Mérite for Science and the Arts: The members of the Order. Volume II (1882–1952), page 56 with Meneghini's picture on the opposite page 57, Gebr. Mann-Verlag, Berlin, 1978

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the story ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the University of Pisa  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.msn.unipi.it
  2. ^ Member entry by Giuseppe Meneghini at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on October 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ Mineralienatlas - Fossilatlas: Meneghinit [1] , accessed July 5, 2020
  4. ↑ Austrian Biographical Lexicon: Meneghini, Giuseppe (1811–1889), botanist and geologist [2] , accessed July 6, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Meneghini, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian medic, paleontologist and author
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Padua
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1889
Place of death Pisa