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Minà is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Francesco Minà Palumbo (1814–1899), Italian naturalist * Gianni Minà Gianni Minà (; Turin, 17 May 1938) is an Italian journalist, writer, magazine editor and television host. He has collaborated with both Italian and International newspapers and magazines; produced hundreds of reports for RAI (''Radiotelevisione ... (1938–2023), Italian journalist and writer {{Short pages monitor ...
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Francesco Minà Palumbo
Francesco Minà-Palumbo (14 March 1814, Castelbuono – 12 March 1899) was an Italian naturalist who made the first significant studies of the natural history of Sicily. Palumbo graduated in medicine at the Palermitano Athenaeum. He then continued his studies in Naples. He returned to Castelbuono both a medical doctor and a professional agronomist and began, in his spare time, the systematic exploration of Madonie :it:Madonie making collections and finding and documenting the geology, hydrology, climate, botany, and zoology of the region. This culminated in 1844 with his first published work, ''Introduzione alla Storia Naturale delle Madonie'' (Introduction to the Natural History of Madonie). Minà-Palumbo wrote 402 articles on natural history, medicine, and general subjects relating to the Madonita territory. The most important are the ''Il Catalogo dei Mammiferi della Sicilia'' (Catalogue of the Mammals of Sicily) (1868 ), ''Materiali per la fauna lepitterologica della ...
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