Dainelli giotto biography
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<b>Italy</b>: Giotto Dainelli (). Geographer, Geologist, Ethnologist, Explorer, Traveller and Photographer
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Giotto Dainelli
Italian geographer, geologist, politician and mayor (–)
Giotto DainelliDolfi (19 May - 16 November ) was an Italian geographer, geologist, paleontologist, traveller and writer. Dainelli travelled in Eritrea, Africa, and to the Himalayas. He was a supporter of Italian fascism but was not a signatory of the Manifesto of Race.
Dainelli was born in Florence, the son of General Luigi and Virginia Mari. He grew up travelling with his father both on work and on travel. He studied natural sciences at Florence, graduating in with studies under the geologist Carlo De Stefani () before joining the University of Vienna. He studied the Friulian Prealps north of Venezia Giulia. He also studied the Pliocene of Italy along with P. Videsott and A. Sestini. He became a lecturer at Florence in and from at the University of Pisa as a chair of geography. He travelled to Eritrea along with Olinto Marinelli, Lamberto Loria and Aldobrandino Mochi in –6.[1] This expedition followed after he attended the Italian Colonial Congress at Asmara.[2] In he travelled to the Karakoram and Himalayas along with the expedition headed by Filippo De Filippi. Other members of this expedition included Giorgio Abetti, Nello Venturi Ginori, Camillo Alessandri, Lieutenant A
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Dainelli Dolfi, Giotto
Biography
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Link to Wikipedia biography (Italian)
Events
- Death, Cause some 16 Dec (Age 90)
Source Notes
Grazia Bordoni's Discipline file quotes Gauquelin.
Categories
- Lifestyle: Work: Squash for work
- Personal: Death: Extensive life restore than 80 yrs (Age 90)
- Vocation: Humanities+Social Sciences: Geography
- Vocation: Science: Geology
- Vocation: Travel: Explorer