Antonio Stoppani
Antonio Stoppani was born on August 24, 1824. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Antonio Stoppani
Antonio Stoppani (24 August 1824 – 1 January 1891) was an Italian Catholic priest, patriot, geologist and palaeontologist. He studied the geology of the Italian region and wrote a popular treatise, Il Bel Paese (Italian for "the beautiful country"), on geology and natural history. He was among the first to propose a geological epoch dominated by human activities that altered the shape of the land.