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Edoardo Zavattari (1883-1972): la sua opera scientifica a cinquanta anni dalla scomparsa (2021)

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Edoardo Zavattari graduated at Turin University in Medicine in 1908 and, later, in Natural Sciences in 1911. His earlier papers dealt with systematics of Hymenoptera, but from the beginning he showed a growing interest in tropical biology and in 1913 he specialized in Tropical Medicine in London. After the First World War, he travelled extensively in Europe, the Near East and Africa while holding the chair of Zoology at Pavia University in 1923. His scientific interests met the political wish of the Fascist Regime to expand Italian colonial power in Africa. After several expeditions in Fezzan and other Libyan regions, in 1934 Zavattari published a complete overview of the zoological knowledge of Libya (Prodromo della Fauna della Libia). Starting from 1935, he was director of the Institute of Zoology at Rome University and founded the journal Rivista di Biologia Coloniale. After the conquest of Ethiopia, he led two important biological expeditions - Borana (1937) and Sagan-Omo (1939) in the little- known southern regions of the country. His view of the need for a holistic approach to biological research that encompasses not only Zoology and Botany, but also humans, domestic animals and their parasites, makes Zavattari a precursor of a One Health approach to environmental research and public health. After the Second World War, he directed his scientific main interests towards biogeographical relationships of some Italian small islands.

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Authors & Contributors
Piccolino, Marco
Bonmassar, Michele
Roberto Lorenzetti
Cegna, Annalisa
Dainelli, Giotto
Calissano, Pietro
Concepts
Fascism
Science and politics
Jews
Biographies
Biology
Biographical studies
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
Places
Italy
Africa
Herculaneum
Turin (Italy)
Argentina
Institutions
Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)
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