(1880–1954)
This significant figure was the founding editor of the journal Studi Etruschi, superintendent of Etruria (1924 to 1951), convenor of the first Etruscan conference, and professor at Florence University (1934 to 1954). In his career, he undertook important excavations at Marsiliana d’Albegna, Populonia, Heba, and Saturnia, bringing Etruscan studies to a new level of scientific precision.
Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans. Simon K. F. Stoddart.