Igino Cocchi

Igino Cocchi (27 October 1827 – 18 August 1913) was an Italian geologist and paleontologist who worked at the Museum of Natural History, Florence.

Igino Cocci, c. 1900

Cicchi was born in Terrarossa, Val di Magra where and studied Latin and natural sciences, graduating from the University of Pisa. training under Giuseppe Meneghini, after which he travelled to England during which time he made contact with Charles Darwin.[1] He founded the Alpine Club of Florence in 1867 and the first Italian geology journal Bollettino del Reale Comitato Geologico d’Italia.[2][3]

References
  1. Dominici, Stefano; Cioppi, Elisabetta (2012). "Evolutionary Theory and the Florence Paleontological Collections". Evolution: Education and Outreach. 5 (1): 9–13. doi:10.1007/s12052-012-0404-3. ISSN 1936-6426.
  2. "Professor Igino Cocchi". Geological Magazine. 1 (1): 47. 1914. Bibcode:1914GeoM....1Q..47.. doi:10.1017/S0016756800137860.
  3. Corsi, Pietro (2007). "Much Ado About Nothing: The Italian Geological Survey, 1861-2006". Earth Sciences History. 26: 97–125. doi:10.17704/eshi.26.1.kq2w1707l43w151x.
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