Mario Lessona

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Portrait and signature, on p. 151 of Taylor (1904)[1]

Mario Lessona (18 December 1855 in Genoa – 25 December 1911 in Turin) was an Italian zoologist and malacologist.[2] He was the son of the prominent natural scientist and senator Michele Lessona and his wife Adele Masi Lessona, who was very much involved in her husband's work, particularly in making translations.[3] A son of Adele Lessona by an earlier marriage was the painter and malacologist Carlo Pollonera,[4] with whom Mario published a monograph on Italian slugs.[5] Mario also coauthored various scientific works with his brother-in-law,[3] the zoologist and senator Lorenzo Camerano.

  1. ^ Taylor, J.W. (1904). Monograph of the land and freshwater Mollusca of the British Isles. Part 10. Leeds: Taylor Brothers. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.13226.
  2. ^ Anonymous. "Mario Lessona". Società per la Cremazione di Torino. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b Drösche, A. "Scienza a due voci: le donne nella scienza italian dal settecento al novecento. Masi Lessona Adele". Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna.
  4. ^ Pallary, P. (1924). "C. Pollonera". Journal de Conchyliologie. 68: 170–172.
  5. ^ Lessona, M., Pollonera C. (1882). Monografia dei limacidi italiani. Turin: Ermanno Loescher. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10743.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)