Gaetano Rovereto

Rovereto was born in Mele, Genoa, the eldest son of Teresa Piccardo and Giuseppe Francesco (1845-1897), belonging to the noble family of the Marquises of Rivanazzano and associated with the paper manufacturing industry.

Rovereto became interested in natural history early in his education and was influenced by his teacher, Luigi Sbuttoni.

He founded the Giornale di Geologia pratica [Journal of Practical Geology] in 1903, along with Paolo Vinassa de Regny, and edited it until 1908.

In 1909, he moved to work in Argentina, advising the government on matters of irrigation and the alignment of railway lines.

In 1923-24, he published a two-volume treatise on geological landforms, Forme della terra, trattato di geologia morfologica.