Giovanni Arduino (geologist)
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Giovanni Arduino (October 16, 1714 – March 21, 1795) was an Italian geologist who is known as the "Father of Italian Geology".
Arduino was born at Caprino Veronese, Veneto. He was a mining specialist who developed possibly the first classification of geological time, based on study of the geology of northern Italy. In 1735, he divided the history of the Earth into four periods: Primitive, Secondary, Tertiary and Volcanic,or Quaternary.
He died in Venice in 1795. Dorsum Arduino is named after him.
[edit] Further reading
- Rodolico, Francesco (1970). "Giovanni Arduino". Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 233-234. ISBN 0684101149.
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