Ferdinando Pio Rosellini

Ferdinando Pio Rosellini (1814–1872) was an Italian mathematician and botanist.

Ferdinando Pio Rosellini
Memorial in Istituto Leardi (Casale Monferrato)
Born(1814-04-20)20 April 1814
Pisa, now Italy
Died1 July 1872(1872-07-01) (aged 58)
Casale Monferrato, Italy
Alma materUniversity of Pisa
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, Botanics
InstitutionsIstituto Tecnico Leardi

Life and work

The son of a wealthy family of merchants of Pescia, his elder brother was the Egyptologist Ippolito Rosellini. He studied mathematics at the University of Pisa, and mathematical physics at the University of Florence under Leopoldo Nobili.[1]

From 1836 he was the tutor for the four sons of Giorgio Doria in Genoa; one of them became the known botanist Giacomo Doria, the namesake of the Natural History Museum of Genoa. In 1846, three years after the death of his brother Ippolito, he married his widow and adopted his three sons: Eugenio, Angela and Giovanbattista.

In 1848, during the Revolutionary period, he was very active in politics; he was a member of the Circolo Patriottico Milanese, and editor of the political journal La Croce di Savoia.

In 1853 he was appointed director of the Istituto di Commercio e Industria of Turin, founded by Cavour. From 1859 he was director of Istituto Tecnico Leardi in Casale Monferrato where he had as a student a young Vilfredo Pareto.[2] After his death, his herbarium and manuscripts remained in the Istituto.[3]

The standard author abbreviation Rosell. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References
  1. Pizzarelli, page 49.
  2. Giacalone-Monaco, pages 101–102.
  3. Coaloa, page 93.
  4. IPNI.  Rosell.

Bibliography
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