Antonio D'Achiardi | |
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Born | |
Died | 10 December 1902 63) Pisa, Italy | (aged
Alma mater | University of Pisa |
Occupation(s) | Geologist, mineralogist |
Spouse | Marianna Camici |
Children | Giovanni D'Achiardi 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 , and the artist, Pietro D'Achiardi. [2] [3]
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]
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.
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