Edoardo Volterra

Son of the distinguished Italian mathematician Vito Volterra, Edoardo Volterra held a series of teaching positions at the Universities of Cagliari, Camerino, Pisa, and Bologna before finally accepting a call to the Sapienza University of Rome.

Opposed to the rise of fascism, the Jewish Volterra was forced out of his position in 1938.

[3] He joined an anti-fascist partisan organization (the Partito d'Azione or "Action party") and was decorated for bravery in combat against fascist forces.

[3] In 1971, several of his students published the six-volume Studi in onore di Edoardo Volterra in his honor.

[1] The "Project Volterra," an international scholarly collaborative project named in his honor, provides an internet resource for scholars working on topics in Roman law.