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{{Infobox scientist

| name = Giovanni Arduino

| image = Medal of Giovanni Arduini. Panteon Veneto; Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|mfdf=yesy|1714|10|16}}

| birth_place = [[Caprino Veronese]], [[Veneto]], [[Italy]]

| death_date = {{death date and age|mfdf=yesy|1795|3|21|1714|10|16}}

| death_place = [[Venice]], [[Republic of Venice]]

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| nationality = Italian

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| field = [[Geology]]

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| known_for = Italian [[Geology]]

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}}'''Giovanni Arduino''' (October 16, 1714 – March 21, 1795) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[geologist]] who is known as the "Father of Italian [[Geology]]".

}}'''Giovanni Arduino''' (October 16, October 1714 – March 21, March 1795) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[geologist]] who is known as the "Father of Italian [[Geology]]".

Arduino was born at [[Caprino Veronese]], [[Veneto]]. He was a [[mining]] specialist who developed possibly the first classification of geological time, based on study of the geology of northern [[Italy]]. He divided the history of the Earth into four periods: Primitive, Secondary, [[Tertiary]] and Volcanic, or [[Quaternary]].