Giovanni Battista Brocchi

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Giovanni Battista Brocchi
Born(1772-02-18)February 18, 1772
Bassano del Grappa, Republic of Venice
DiedSeptember 25, 1826(1826-09-25) (aged 54)
Khartoum, Khedivate of Egypt
Alma materUniversity of Padua
Scientific career
Author abbrev. (botany)Brocchi

Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista) Brocchi (18 February 1772 – 25 September 1826) was an

mineralogist and geologist
.

Biography

Giovanni Battista Brocchi was born in

iron mines of the Mella traditional region. These researches procured him the office of inspector of mines in the recently established Kingdom of Italy, and enabled him to extend his investigations over a great part of the country.[2]

In 1811 Brocchi produced a valuable essay entitled Memoria mineralogica sulla

seven hills. Brocchi pointed out that these materials were derived either from Monte Albano, an extinct volcano, twelve miles from the city, or from the Monti Cimini, still farther to the north.[2]

In 1814 Brocchi presented the thesis that species, like individuals, age and eventually die out — an idea that later influenced Charles Darwin.[3]

Several papers by him, on mineralogical subjects, appeared in the

Kingdom of Sennar; but Brocchi fell a victim to the climate, and died at Khartoum on the 25th of September 1826, possibly of dysentery.[2][4] Much of his writings and collections are now housed in the Museo Civico di Bassano
.


The standard author abbreviation Brocchi is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. ^ Aranginu, S. (2018). Giovanni Battista Brocchi e la questione sullo statuto delle specie nella conchiologia fossile subappennina (in Italian). Cagliari.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ a b c  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Brocchi, Giovanni Battista". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 622–623.
  3. ISBN 978-0-7391-0503-0
    .
  4. ^ "Brocchi, Giovanni Battista". Dizionario biografico Treccani (1972)
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Brocchi.

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