Ambrogio Soldani | |
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 Ambrogio Soldani | |
| Born | Baldo Maria Soldani June 15, 1736 |
| Died | 15 June 1815 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Tuscan |
| Known for | studies on micropaleontology |
| Parent(s) | Soldano Soldani and Benedetta Soldani (née Nesterini) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, paleontology, geology, astronomy |
| Institutions | University of Siena |
Ambrogio Soldani (1733-1815) was an Italian Camaldolese monk who is known for his works relating the shell fossils found in the mountains of Tuscany. Some of his work could now be viewed as the intersection of geology, zoology and paleontology. Today Soldani is considered, together with Jacopo Bartolomeo Beccari, the father of micropaleontology. Charles Lyell considered him one of the most important eighteenth-century naturalists.[1] He also published observations about astronomy.[1]
- ^ a b Rodolico 1970, p. 517.