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THE first centenary of the death of Filippo Cavo-lini, the great Neapolitan naturalist, was celebrated on September 12–13, the function having been arranged by the Society of Naturalists in Naples. Citizens, as well as the scientific and the political authorities, answered enthusiastically to the appeal of the society. The municipality and the University united, formed a powerful honorary general committee, the patronage of which was assumed by King Victor Emmanuel III. The chairman of the ordinary committee, composed of members of the Society of Naturalists, was the president of the society, Prof. F. S. Monticelli. The committee published an attractive booklet, giving a résumé of the life and works of F. Cavolini.
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The Centenary of Filippo Cavolini . Nature 84, 500–501 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/084500a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/084500a0