Edmond Charles Francis Dapples (1834 – 1914) was a Swiss physician and agronomist, known for his reforestation work and agricultural development in the Mugello region of Tuscany.

[1] On 31 July 1868, he married Elvire Susanne Caroline Henriette Bert in Torre Pellice, daughter of a Waldensian pastor.

Dapples initially pursued a career as a surgeon, but in 1880, after the death of his wife Elvire, he lost faith in medicine and decided to abandon his profession to focus entirely on agriculture and forestry.

Under Dapples' management, the property expanded significantly, shifting from pastoral farming to agro-forestry, with a greater focus on woodlands rather than livestock, likely due to the poor quality of the soil.

[3] Even the current Museo Casa d'Erci in Grezzano was once one of the farms purchased by Dapples in 1886, and it has remained well-preserved to this day.