Antonio Baldacci (botanist) explained

Antonio Baldacci
Birth Place:Bologna, Italy
Death Place:Bologna, Italy
Citizenship:Italy
Fields:Botany
Author Abbrev Bot:Bald.[1]
Signature:Signature of Antonio Baldacci.svg

Antonio Baldacci (1867 - 1950) was an Italian scholar, botanist, and geographer.

Life

Baldacci carried out field research in the southern Balkans from the end of the 19th century onward.

After achieving a degree in Zoology in 1891, and following two lecturing posts in Botany and Geography at the University of Bologna in 1889 and 1901 respectively, Baldacci became an assistant at the Botanical Institute where he remained until 1902, after which he transferred to Rome to teach Political and Colonial Geography at the Diplomatic-Colonial School connected to the University.

During his time in Rome many attended his lectures, including ministers and prominent Roman politicians, as well as artists and intellectuals such as Gabriele D’Annunzio, the painters Giulio Aristide Sartorio and Francesco Paolo Michetti, and the painter and sculptor Costantino Barbella.

He published many articles on Albanian and Balkan flora, as well as several monographs on Albania.[2]

Baldacci published the exsiccata-like series Flora exsiccata Crnagorae.[3]

Baldacci organized a committee which supported the Montenegrin Greens during and after the Christmas Uprising, until at least 1921.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Brummit . R. K. . Powell . C. E. . Authors of plant names. A list of authors of scientific names of plants . 1992 . Royal Botanic Gardens . Kew . 44.
  2. Book: Elsie . Robert . Historical Dictionary of Albania . 2010 . The Scarecrow Press, Inc. . Lanham, MD . 9780810873803 . 29 . 2nd . 6 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Flora exsiccata Crnagorae: IndExs ExsiccataID=1842340223 . IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae . Botanische Staatssammlung München . 16 June 2024.
  4. Book: Srđan Rudić, Antonello Biagini. Serbian-Italian Relations: History and Modern Times : Collection of Works. 2015. 146. 9788677431099.