Antonio Stoppani
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Antonio Stoppani towards the end of his life | |
| Born | 24 August 1824 |
| Died | 1 January 1891 (aged 66) |
| Alma mater | Archiepiscopal seminary of Milan |
| Known for | Anthropocene |
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Antonio Stoppani (24 August 1824 – 1 January 1891) was an Italian Catholic priest, patriot, geologist and palaeontologist. He studied the geology of the Italian region and wrote a popular treatise, Il Bel Paese (Italian for "the beautiful country"), on geology and natural history. He was among the first to propose a geological epoch dominated by human activities that altered the shape of the land.