Luigi Benoit (8 February 1804, in

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– 19 December 1890, in

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) was an

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naturalist. Luigi Benoit studied at the military school "Nunziatella di Napoli" in

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then began his career in the Agenzia delle Dogane in

where he married the Duchessa of Belviso. In 1828 he was arrested and condemned to 18 years of imprisonment in

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for supporting political reform. When

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changed the political direction he was released in 1832, and made "Amministratore del Gran Priorato Gerosomilitano di Messina". Luigi Benoit was dedicated to the study of the

ornithology Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

and

conchology Conchology () is the study of mollusc shells. Conchology is one aspect of malacology, the study of molluscs; however, malacology is the study of molluscs as whole organisms, whereas conchology is confined to the study of their shells. It includ ...

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. In 1840 he published ''Ornitologia Siciliana'' (in English ''Sicilian Ornithology''). He was also interested in marine biology. Luigi Benoit was a friend and correspondent of Antonio Schembri. He is honoured in the fish name ''Hygophum benoiti'' (

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, 1838) and in the mollusc name ''Latiaxis benoiti'' Tiberi, 1855.

References

*Obituary Gaetano Amenta,'' Il Naturalista Siciliano'',nn 5–6, anno XIII, Febbraio-Marzo 1894

External links

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Digital text of ''Ornitologia Siciliana'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Benoit, Luigi Italian naturalists Italian ornithologists 1804 births 1890 deaths