Emanuele Repetti

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Emanuele Repetti (1776-1852) was a widely published historian and expert in the natural sciences who wrote extensively on the history of Etruria. Repetti studied first in Carrara, and later in Rome, where he passed his qualifying examinations in pharmaceutical sciences. He returned to his native Carrara for a few months in 1801, before moving to Florence, where he worked as a pharmacist until 1829. Practical pursuits aside, he contributed to the [[Antologia of Vieusseux]] and the Atti of the Accademia dei Georgofili, of which he was secretary. From 1833 to 1846, he published the famous Dizionario geografico, fisico e storico della Toscana. The dictionary, was first published as a series; it was later collected in five thick volumes. It gives an account of the natural and civic history of every town in Tuscany. Much of his analysis was cultural, historical, linguistic and archaeological in nature, and is considered the definitive source on the history of Tuscany.