Buch, Englisch, 404 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 568 g
Late Principal Librarian of the British Museum, Senator of Italy, Etc.
Buch, Englisch, 404 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 568 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - History
ISBN: 978-1-108-04489-9
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. Volume 1 of this two-part 1880 biography by his colleague Louis Fagan (1845-1903) deals with Panizzi's early life in Italy, his arrival in England, his scholarly work as editor of Ariosto and Professor of Italian, and his early years at the British Museum. Panizzi combined his career with continuing support for the cause of Italian unity.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
- Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Buchgeschichte, Bibliotheksgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
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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.
