Ardito Desio attended the Middle Schools of Udine and Cividale and the University of Florence, graduating with a degree in Natural Sciences.
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Ardito Desio made advanced studies in Geology at the same University from 1921 to 1923, and was an assistant in that matter at that university, as well as in those of Pavia and Milan.
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Ardito Desio was a lecturer in Physical Geography, Geology and Paleontology, Professor of Geology at the University of Milan, and Applied Geology at the Engineering School of Milan.
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Ardito Desio published a volume on the geology of that archipelago in the Italian Geological Survey.
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In 1926, Ardito Desio organized and led a geographical and geological expedition to the Oasis of Jaghbub, in the Libyan Desert.
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Ardito Desio discovered in 1938 natural oil in the subsurface of Libya.
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In northern Pakistan Ardito Desio carried out three other geological expeditions during the summers of 1971,1973 and 1975.
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Ardito Desio was President of the Geological Committee of Italy, of the Geological Society and is honorary President of the Paleontology Society, of the National Association of Italian Geologists.
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Ardito Desio was the first president of the Italian Order of Geologists.
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Ardito Desio was a member of the Italian National Academy of Lincei.
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Ardito Desio was awarded an honorary degree in Geological Sciences by the University of Urbino in 1985.
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Ardito Desio spent his last four years in Rome, where he died in December 2001, aged 104.
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The Department of Earth Sciences Ardito Desio was opened on 1 November 1982 after merging the Institutes of Geology and Palaeontology, the Institute of Mineralogy, Petrography and Ore Deposits, and the Institute of Geophysics together.