Società Geografica Italiana

The Società Geografica Italiana formed as a geographic society in 1867 in Florence, Italy, and moved to Rome in 1872. As of 1924 it operated from headquarters in Villa Mattei in the Celio rione. The society began publishing a journal in 1868, and also sponsored scientific expeditions, such as one to Ethiopia in 1876, led by Orazio Antinori. In 1892 its members were among the first participants of the triennial.

Presidents of the society

Cristoforo Negri, 1867-1872
Cesare Correnti, 1873-1879
Onorato [Caetani (1842–1917)|Onorato Caetani], 1879-1887
Francesco Nobili Vitelleschi, 1887-1891
Giacomo Doria, 1891-1900
, 1900-1906
Antonino [Paternò Castello, Marchese di San Giuliano|Antonino di San Giuliano], 1906
Raffaele Cappelli, 1907-1915
Scipione [Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona|Scipione Borghese], 1916-1921
Paolo Thaon di Revel, 1921-1923
Luigi Federzoni, 1923-1926
Pietro Lanza di Scalea, 1926-1928
, 1928-1932
Corrado Zoli, 1933-1944
, 1944-1945
, 1945-1955
Giovanni Boaga, 1955-1961
Riccardo Riccardi, 1962-1969
Ferdinando Gribaudi, 1969-1971
, 1971-1977
Ernesto Massi, 1978-1987
Gaetano Ferro, 1987-1997
, 1997-2013
Sergio Conti, 2013-2015
, 2015–present