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 the 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
- ^ "Livi, Ridolfo" (in Italian). Treccani.it. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ^ "Antropometria Militare". Wiley Online Library. Retrieved 25 September 2013.