Carlo Antonio Fornasini
(1802-1865)
Italian ivory trader and amateur field naturalist
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Cavaliere Carlo Antonio Fornasini (1802/1805 – 1865) was an Italian ivory trader and amateur field naturalist who worked in Mozambique. He collected numerous specimens of animals, insects and plants, and presented them to the Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna in his home city for scientific study. He is remembered for having had several taxa named in his honour during his lifetime.
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1802 Bologna, Cisalpine Republic or Italian Republic or Kingdom of Italy
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1865 (aged 62)
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