Anthony Panizzi
British-Italian librarian
Sir Antonio Genesio Maria Panizzi, better known as Anthony Panizzi, was a naturalised British citizen of Italian birth, and an Italian patriot. He was a librarian, becoming the Principal Librarian of the British Museum from 1856 to 1866. Wikipedia
Born: September 16, 1797, Brescello, Italy
Died: April 8, 1879 (age 81 years), London, United Kingdom
Books: Orlando Innamorato Di Bojardo, Orlando Furioso Di Ariosto: With An Essay On The Romantic Narrative Poetry Of The Italians. Essai On The Romantic Narrative Poetry Of The Italians, Volume 1, Orlando Innamorato Di Bojardo, Orlando Furioso Di Ariosto: With an Essay on the Romantic Narrative Poetry of the Italians. Orlando innamorato : cantos IX. to XXVIII. of Book I., and Notes, Catalogue of Panizzi Pamphlets, and more
Awards: Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath