Niccolò Tommaseo was a Dalmatian Italian linguist, journalist and essayist, the editor of a Dizionario della Lingua Italiana in eight volumes, of a dictionary of synonyms and other works. He is considered a precursor of the Italian irredentism. Wikipedia
Born: October 9, 1802, Šibenik, Croatia
Died: May 1, 1874 (age 71 years), Florence, Italy
Education: University of Padua