Antoine Risso, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antoine Risso

Niçard naturalist

Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1777

Place of Birth: Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Date of Death: 25-Aug-1845

Profession: naturalist, zoologist, botanist, ichthyologist, carcinologist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Giuseppe Antonio Risso (8 April 1777 – 25 August 1845), called Antoine Risso, was a Niçard naturalist.Risso was born in the city of Nice in the Duchy of Savoy, and studied under Giovanni Battista Balbis.
He published Ichthyologie de Nice (1810), Histoire naturelle de l'Europe méridionale (1826) and Histoire Naturelle des Orangers (1818–1822).
Risso's dolphin was named after him.
He is denoted by the author abbreviation Risso when citing a botanical name; the same abbreviation is used for zoological names.