Vinigi Lorenzo Grottanelli

Vinigi Lorenzo Grottanelli (13 August 1912, Avigliana - 30 May 1993) was an Italian ethnologist who worked at the Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography following the Second World War.

Family background Vinigi Grottanelli came from an aristocratic background. His father, Franco Winigisio, (1873-1973) was descended from the Ugurgièri della Berardenga, a Siennese family.

Post war career In 1946 Grottanelli joined the Executive Council of the International African Institute.He remained a participant until 1968. In 1969 he was appointed as the first Professor of Ethnology at the Sapienza University of Rome].