Thomas Okey
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Thomas Okey was an expert on basket-weaving, a translator of Italian, and a writer on art and the topography
of architecture and art works in Italy and France. In 1919, he became the first professor in Cambridge University under the Serena Professor of Italian
title.
Topography
Topography is the study of Earth's surface shape and features or those ofplanets, moons, and asteroids...
of architecture and art works in Italy and France. In 1919, he became the first professor in Cambridge University under the Serena Professor of Italian
Serena Professor of Italian
The Serena Professorship of Italian is the senior professorship in the study of the Italian language at the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, and University of Manchester...
title.
Works
- Venice and its Story (1904)
- Paris and its Story (1925)
- Dante's PurgatorioPurgatorioPurgatorio is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno, and preceding the Paradiso. The poem was written in the early 14th century. It is an allegory telling of the climb of Dante up the Mount of Purgatory, guided by the Roman poet Virgil...
(translator). - The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi
- The Story of Avignon (1926)
- The Little Flowers of St. Francis
- Selections From the Vita Nuova
- The Old Venetian Places and Old Venetian Folk