Carlo Antonio Fornasini

This article is about the field naturalist who worked in Mozambique. For the later palaeontologist who worked in Italy, see Carlo Fornasini.

Cavaliere
Carlo Antonio Fornasini
Born1802 [1] or 1805 [2]
Bologna, Cisalpine Republic or Italian Republic or Kingdom of Italy [a]
Died1865 [2] (aged 59-60 or 62-63)
NationalityItalian
Occupations
Years active1839 or 1842 – no later than 1866
Known forThe taxa named in his honour

Cavaliere Carlo Antonio Fornasini (1802/1805 – 1865) was an Italian ivory trader and amateur field naturalist who worked in Mozambique.[b] He collected numerous specimens of animals, insects and plants, and presented them to the Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna in his home city for scientific study. He is remembered for having had several taxa named in his honour during his lifetime.

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