Luigi Schiaparelli
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| Born | 2 August 1871 Cerrione, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 26 January 1934 (aged 62) Florence, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy |
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| Alma mater | University of Turin |
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Luigi Schiaparelli (2 August 1871 – 26 January 1934) was an Italian historian, palaeographer and diplomat.
Biography
[edit]Schiaparelli was born on 2 August 1871, in Cerrione, to pharmacist Giovanni Battista and Celestina Schiaparelli (née Maffei). He was a member of the Schiaparelli academic and scientific family, which included his cousins Ernesto, Giovanni and Celestino, as well as the latter's daughter Elsa. He was also a descendant of Francesco Scipione Maffei through his mother.[1][2]
Schiaparelli studied at the University of Turin, earning his doctorate in 1894. He later moved to Munich to work on Byzantine literature under Paul Fridolin Kehr. To help prepare the Italia Pontificia, he returned to Italy to collect documents from the Middle Ages. In 1902, Pasquale Villari offered him Cesare Paoli's job as a palaeography and diplomatics the University of Florence. He accepted the offer, moving to Florence and marrying Villari's daughter. In 1924, he discovered the Veronese Riddle.[2][3] He died on 26 January 1934, aged 62, in Florence.[1][2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Progress of Mediaeval and Renaissance Studies in the United States and Canada: Bulletin. 1924. p. 58.
- 1 2 3 Olivieri, Antonio (2018). "SCHIAPARELLI, Luigi". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 91: Savoia–Semeria. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-88-12-00032-6.
- ↑ "The Veronese Riddle, the Earliest Known Sample of an Early Italian Language : History of Information". historyofinformation.com. Retrieved 2024-11-18.