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'''Giovanni Arduino''' (16 October 1714 – 21 March 1795) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[geologist]] who is known as the "Father of Italian [[Geology]]". Arduino proposed the division of the [[earth's crust]] into four general and successive orders: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary, a classification regarded as the starting point for modern [[stratigraphy]].<ref>{{Britannica|33360}}</ref><ref>Ellenberger, F. (1994). ''Histoire de la Géologie'', Volume 2 ''La grande éclosion et ses prémices 1660– 1810''. Technique et Documentation. Lavoisier. Paris. (English translation by M. Carozzi: ''History of Geology'', vol. 2, Routledge / Taylor and Francis, 1999), pp. 258-265.</ref>
== Biography ==
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