Antonio D'Achiardi

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Antonio D'Achiardi
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Born(1839-11-28)28 November 1839
Died10 December 1902(1902-12-10) (aged 63)
Pisa, Italy
Alma mater University of Pisa
Occupation(s) Geologist, mineralogist
SpouseMarianna Camici
Children Giovanni D'Achiardi  [ it ]
Pietro D'Achiardi
Parent(s)Giuseppe D'Achiardi (father)
Virginia Ruschi (mother)
Scientific career
Institutions University of Pavia
University of Pisa

Antonio D'Achiardi (28 November 1839, in Pisa – 10 December 1902, in Pisa) was an Italian geologist, paleontologist and mineralogist known for his mineralogical and paleontological studies of Tuscany. [1] He was the father of the mineralogist Giovanni D'Achiardi  [ it ], and the artist, Pietro D'Achiardi. [2] [3]

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In 1859 he received his doctorate in sciences from the University of Pisa, afterwards working as an assistant for chemistry (from 1861). [4] Three months after this appointment, he lost the use of his left eye due to a laboratory accident involving nitric acid. He subsequently abandoned his career in chemistry, and instead devoted his attention to geology and mineralogy, becoming a student of Giuseppe Meneghini. [5] He later became a professor of geology at Pavia and in 1874 was appointed a professor of mineralogy at the University of Pisa. [6] In 1881 he established a laboratory of mineralogy at Pisa. [5]

Honors and recognitions

The mineral dachiardite honors his memory. [7] [8] [9] In 1906, his son Giovanni D'Achiardi described and named the mineral after he discovered it in a granitic pegmatite. [2] [10] [11]

A street in Rome is named after him.

Selected works

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