Enea Bortolotti (1896-1934). Born in Rome. After a
break during the First World War, he received his Ph.D. in
1920 at Pisa; he was particularly influenced by L. Bianchi.
After teaching at the medical school, he became professor of
geometry at the Univerity of Cagliari in 1928. From there he moved
on to the same position at the University of Florence in 1934.
Despite his premature death, Bortolotti published about a hundred
papers, notably in differential geometry.