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Vittorio Simonelli (May 1860, Arezzo – 9 February 1929, San Quirico d'Orcia) was an Italian geologist and paleontologist. == Biography == He studied natural sciences at the University of Pisa as a pupil of Giuseppe Meneghini. From 1883 he taught classes in physical geography at Pisa, later travelling to Munich, where in 1889/90 he studied paleontology with Karl von Zittel and August Rothpletz. From 1891 to 1895 he was an assistant to the chair of geology at the University of Bologna, then relocated to University of Parma as an instructor of geology and mineralogy.〔(Vittorio Simonelli - Archivio Storico dell'Università di Bologna ) (biography)〕 In 1903 he returned to Bologna as a teacher of geology at the Royal School of Engineers ("''Reglia Scuola d'Applicazione per gli Ingegneri''"), and during the following year took on additional duties as an instructor of geology and mineralogy at the Royal School of Agriculture ("''Reglia Scuola Superiore Agraria''"), also in Bologna. In 1904 Giovanni Capellini appointed Simonelli as curator of the ''Museo Geologico'' at the university. During his career, he travelled widely, taking scientific trips throughout Italy, and to Crete, Cephalonia, Podolia, Palestine, Galicia and North Africa.〔 In 1893 he was the first to identify the remains of prehistoric elephants on Crete, being located in three cave sites near the city of Rethymno. Also on Crete he discovered the remains of prehistoric deer, which he described as ''Anoglochis cretensis''.〔(Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals ) by Alexandra van der Geer, George Lyras, John de Vos, Michael Dermitzakis〕 The mineral simonellite commemorates his name.〔(Simonellite Mineral Data ) at Webmineral.com〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vittorio Simonelli」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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