Luigi Palmieri

1807 - 1896

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country of citizenship: Kingdom of Italy

native language: Italian

languages spoken, written or signed: Italian

educated at: University of Naples Federico II

occupation: physicist, volcanologist, seismologist, professor, politician, astronomer

award received: Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, Order of the Crown of Italy, Imperial Order of the Rose

position held: senator of the Kingdom of Italy

Luigi Palmieri (22 April 1807 – 9 September 1896) was an Italian physicist and meteorologist. He was famous for his scientific studies of the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, for his researches on earthquakes and meteorological phenomena and for improving the seismograph of the time. Source: Wikipedia (en)