- Paolo Savi
Paolo Savi (
July 11 ,1798 -April 5 ,1871 ), was an Italiangeologist andornithologist .Savi was born in
Pisa , son ofGaetano Savi , professor ofBotany at theUniversity of Pisa . The younger Savi became assistant-lecturer onzoology at the university in 1820, was appointed professor in 1823, and lectured also ongeology . He devoted great attention to the museum of the university (Museo storia naturale di Pisa ) , and formed one of the finestnatural history collections inEurope -see [http://www.stsn.it/serB110/16Bedini-Garbari.pdf]Savi was regarded as the father of Italian geology. He studied the geology of
Monti Pisani and theApuan Alps , explaining the metamorphic origin of theCarrara marble ; he also contributed essays on theMiocene strata andfossils ofMonte Bamboli , the iron-ores ofElba and other subjects. WithGiuseppe Meneghini (1811-1889) he published memoirs on thestratigraphy and geology ofTuscany (1850 - 1851).Savi also became eminent as an ornithologist, and was the author of "Ornitologia Toscana" (1827 - 1831) and "Ornitologia Italiana" (1873 - 1876). In the autumn of 1821 he obtained specimens of an unstreaked, dark, rufous-brown warbler which was new to science. He published a full description of the bird in 1824, and it became commonly known as
Savi's Warbler .Savi was buried in Pisa cemetery and his statue now stands in the
Orto botanico di Pisa .References
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