Igino Cocchi (27 October 1827 – 18 August 1913) was an Italian geologist and paleontologist who worked at the Museum of Natural History, Florence. Cicchi was born in

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, Val di Magra where and studied Latin and natural sciences, graduating from the

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. training under Giuseppe Meneghini, after which he travelled to England during which time he made contact with

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. He founded the Alpine Club of Florence in 1867 and the first Italian geology journal ''Bollettino del Reale Comitato Geologico d’Italia''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cocchi, Igino 1827 births 1913 deaths 19th-century Italian geologists University of Pisa alumni People from Licciana Nardi