Gaetano Savi

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Gaetano Savi (1769–1844)

Gaetano Savi (13 June 1769 – 28 April 1844) was an Italian naturalist.^[1]

He was born in Florence and studied with Giorgio Santi (1746–1822) and Adolfo Targioni Tozzetti (1823–1902). In 1798 he published Flora Pisana (flora of Pisa); in 1801 the first edition of Trattato degli alberi della Toscana (treatise on the trees of Tuscany); in 1808 Botanicon Etruscum (botany of Etruria); and in 1818 Flora Italiana (flora of Italy). He taught physics and botany at the University of Pisa and directed the botanical garden there from 1814. In 1816, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

His son was the geologist and ornithologist Paolo Savi (1798–1871).

The standard author abbreviation Savi is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 40160585 LCCN: no93027314 GND: 182884082

Persondata
Name	Savi, Gaetano
Alternative names
Short description	Italian naturalist
Date of birth	13 June 1769
Place of birth
Date of death	28 April 1844
Place of death

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