Carlo Fornasini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Carlo Fornasini

Italian politician and scientist

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1854

Place of Birth: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Date of Death: 24-Dec-1931

Profession: scientist, politician, paleontologist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Cavaliere dottore Carlo Fornasini (3 November 1854 – 24 December 1931) was an Italian micropalaeontologist who specialised in Foraminifera ('forams').
He was a pioneer in using fossil forams to sequence marine sedimentary deposits by their relative dates; a technique called biostratigraphy.