Angelo de Gubernatis
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man of letters, was born at Turin
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and educated there and at Berlin
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, where he studied philology
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In 1862 he was appointed professor of Sanskrit
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at Florence
University of Florence
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, but having married a cousin of the Socialist Bakunin
Mikhail Bakunin
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and become interested in his views he resigned his appointment and spent some years in travel. He was reappointed, however, in 1867; and in 1891 he was transferred to the University of Rome La Sapienza
University of Rome La Sapienza
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. He became prominent both as an orientalist
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, a publicist and a poet
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He founded the (1862), the (1867), the and (1869), the (1876) and the (1883), and in 1887 became director of the . In 1878 he started the .
His Oriental and mythological works include the (1867), the (1868), a famous work on zoological mythology
Mythology
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(1872), and another on plant mythology (1878). He also edited the encyclopaedic (1882-1885). His work in verse includes the dramas , , , , , etc.
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