540 Biographical Notice of the late Prof. Giglioli. 



University of that town. The following year he had 

 the great grief of losing his father, to whom he was much 

 attached. 



In 1865 Giglioli was appointed assistant Naturalist, under 

 Prof. De Filippi, to the expedition, fitted out chiefly for the 

 purpose of scientific research, which was being despatched 

 by the Italian Government in the war-ship ' Magenta/ De 

 Filippi unfortunately dying of cholera during the voyage, 

 Giglioli was left in sole command of the expedition at the 

 early age of 22, but, with his usual energy and resourceful- 

 ness, succeeded in carrying out his w r ork most satisfactorily, 

 and returned in three years' time, after having circum- 

 navigated the globe. A full account of this expedition 

 was published by Giglioli in 1876, in a volume of 10 10 pages, 

 illustrated by numerous plates and maps. Various other 

 papers treating of the scientific results obtained during this 

 voyage were published by him at different times, among 

 others one in 'The Ibis/ under the title of " Some new and 

 little-known Birds collected during a Voyage round the 

 World/' 



In the year 1869 Giglioli w-as appointed Instructor in 

 Zoology and Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates at the 

 Royal Institute of the Higher Studies in Florence, a post 

 which he occupied uninterruptedly — it is needless to say with 

 what measure of dignity, honour and success — for forty years, 

 or until the day of his death. In 1874 he was named 

 Ordinary Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy of 

 Vertebrates at the Royal Institute, and assumed the direction 

 of the Florence Zoological Museum. In 1871 Giglioli 

 married Signorina Casella, a lady of distinguished Lombard 

 family, and exceptionally gifted, whose loving devotion and 

 solicitous interest, one may almost say co-operation, in her 

 husband's work, were at times of great service to him. 

 Three children were born of this union, two sons and a 

 daughter. The elder of the sons, Odoardo, has a Govern- 

 ment post as Inspector of the Art Galleries in Florence ; the 

 second, Guido, has qualified at our English Royal College 

 of Physicians, in addition to taking his Italian degree, and 



