Giovanni Capellini

Giovanni Capellini was an Italian geologist and paleontologist. He was a Senator of the Kingdom of Italy in the seventeenth legislature.

Giovanni Capellini was born onAugust 1833 in La Spezia, Liguria, son Pietro Francesco Capellini and Margherita Ferrarini. His family originated in Porto Venere. His parents intended that he should make a career as a musician, and then in the church. As a boy he collected interesting natural objects. In 1853 the future King Umberto I of Italy visited La Spezia, and Capellini was presented to him when he came to view the collection. Later Umberto called Capellini his oldest friend.

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