📜👨‍🏫30 October 1931. Giancarlo Ligabue (1931-2015), an Italian paleontologist, scholar and businessman was born in Venice.
He graduated in Economics at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and in Geology at la Sorbonne of #Paris. He participated and directed over 130 expeditions around the world and he made several paleontological discoveries, such as the Ligabueino, a dinosaur🦖 named after him, and unearthed deposits of hominid and dinosaurs fossils in the Ténéré desert. He collaborated with Italian legendary anchorman #PieroAngela 🙏🏻 to several science documentaries.
#GiancarloLigabue was president of the Natural History Museum of Venice, still today a hidden gem to visit in a stunning palace on the #GrandCanal☝️📸
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