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Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian priest, geologist, and volcanologist (born 1850)

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Giuseppe Mercalli

Italian volcanologist and priest (1850–1914)

Giuseppe Mercalli was an Italian volcanologist and Catholic priest. He is known best for the Mercalli intensity scale for measuring earthquake intensity.

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