Buch, Englisch, 772 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 1021 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
Late Principal Librarian of the British Museum, Senator of Italy, Etc.
Buch, Englisch, 772 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 1021 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
ISBN: 978-1-108-04491-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Anthony Panizzi (1797–1879), born in Brescello, Italy, qualified as a lawyer, but fled to Switzerland in 1823 to avoid arrest for his political activities in support of Italian unification. He then moved to England, where he became a naturalised British subject. The patronage of Lord Brougham, the Lord Chancellor, got him a post in the British Museum Library, where he remained for thirty-five years. He was responsible for the great expansion of the library, the building of the famous round Reading Room, and the compilation of cataloguing rules which remain influential today. Panizzi was knighted for services to librarianship, and is commemorated by the annual Panizzi lectures at the British Library. His continuing support of Italian independence was recognised by his appointment to the Italian senate. This two-volume biography by his colleague Louis Fagan (1845–1903) was published in 1880.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
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Volume 1: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Flight; 3. Foscolo; 4. The British Museum; 5. Sir Henry Ellis; 6. Bridport election; 7. Theirs; 8. The Royal Commission, 1847–9; 9. Mr Grenville; 10. Lord Vernon's Dante; 11. Minor incidents; 12. Panizzi and Austria; 13. The new reading-room. Volume 2: 14. Retirement of Sir Henry Ellis; 15. Sir W. Temple; 16. Desire to visit Naples; 17. Cardinal Alberoni; 18. Death of Panizzi's sister; 19. Legion of Honour, etc.; 20. Devising means for escape of Settembrini; 21. Bianchini's appointment; 22. Departure of Neapolitan prisoners; 23. Italian unity; 24. England in 1859; 25. Ill-health; 26. Death of Mr. Ellice; 27. Prosper Merimée; 28. Senator of Italy; Appendix; Index.
