Ridolfo Livi

Ridolfo Livi (Prato, 13 July 1856 – Florence, 12 April 1920) was an Italian anthropologist.[1]

He graduated in medicine at University of Pavia. He enlisted in the royal army and became a major general in 1917 three years before his death.

In 1888 he was entrusted with a vast anthropological investigation to be the carried out on approximately 300,000 military classes of 1859 and 1863. He concluded his work in 'Antropometria Militare',[2] which consisted of two volumes, the first in 1896 and second in 1905.

References

  1. ↑ "Livi, Ridolfo" (in Italian). Treccani.it. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Antropometria Militare". Wiley Online Library. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
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