Elio Modigliani
Elio Modigliani | |
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Born | 13 June 1860 |
Died | August 6, 1932 | (aged 72)
Occupation(s) | Anthropologist, zoologist |
Spouse | Catherine McDonell |
Elio Modigliani (13 June 1860 – 6 August 1932) was an Italian
Biography
The son of a Florentine banker, he first made his name in the Italian scientific community at the age of 20, when he explored a cave near Genoa, discovering Neolithic remains of exceptional value. He thus was introduced to eminent scientists and explorers such as Odoardo Beccari (who had explored Malaysia and Sumatra in 1872), Giacomo Doria, and Arturo Issael. Modigliani was also a disciple of Cesare Lombroso, an eminent anthropologist, criminologist and jurist, who was the Italian herald of physiognomy.
Travels to the Indonesian archipelago
Between 1886 and 1894, Modigliani explored
Modigliani visited Enggano Island between April 25 and July 13, 1891. He detailed the apparently dominant role of women in Enggano culture in L'Isola delle Donne (The Island of Women), first published in 1894.[6]
Legacy
Elio Modigliani is honored in the scientific names of five species of Indonesian reptiles:
References
- ^ Puccini, Sandra (1988). "Elio Modigliani: Esplorare, osservare, raccogliere nell'esperienza di un etnografo dell'Ottocento". La Ricerca Folklorica (18): 25-40. (subtitled: A sud dell'occidente. Viaggi, missioni e colonie della vecchia Italia). (in Italian)
- ^ van Steenis-Kruseman MJ, et al. (2006). Cyclopaedia of Malesian Collectors: Elio Modigliani. Nationaal Herbarium Nederland.
- ^ Kolonial Verslag van 1842. (in Dutch).
- Fratelli Treves Editori. (in Italian).
- ^ Puccioni, Vanni (2013). Tra i Tagliatori di Teste: Elio Modigliani, un fiorentino all'esplorazione di Nias Salatan, 1886. Venice: Marsilio Editori. (in Italian).
- ^ Modigliani E (1894). L'Isola delle Donne. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli. (in Italian).
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Modigliani", p. 181).
- ^ Species Pseudorabdion modiglianii at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Doria, Giuliano; Salvidio, Sebastiano; Tavano, Maria Luisa (1999). "Description of Amolops (Huia) modiglianii, new species from Sumatra". Doriana. 7 (317): 1–9.
- ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
Further reading
- Giglioli, Henry Hillyer (1893). Notes on the Ethnographical Collections Formed by Dr. Elio Modigliani During His Recent Explorations in Central Sumatra and Engano in Intern. Gesellschaft für Ethnographie; Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden (1893). Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie volume VI. Getty Research Institute. Leiden : P.W.M. Trap.
- Modigliani E (1886). "Escursione nell'isola Nias (a ouest di Sumatra)"". Estratto dal Bolletino della Societa Geografica Italiana, October 1886. (in Italian).
- Modigliani E (1887). "Il cota rajia e l'isola di Nias". Estratto dal Bolletino della Societa Geografica Italiana, January 1887. (in Italian).
- Modigliani E (1887). L'isola di Nias note geografiche. Presso la Societa Geografica Italiana, Roma. (in Italian).
- Situmorang, Sitor (1993). Guru Somalaing dan Modigliani "Utusan Raja Rom" Sekelumit Sejarah lahirnya Gerakan Ratu Adil di Toba. Grafindo Mukti. (in Indonesian).