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Gino, Marquess Capponi

Italian historian and statesman
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Born:
Sept. 13, 1792, Florence [Italy]
Died:
Feb. 3, 1876, Florence (aged 83)
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Gino, Marquess Capponi (born Sept. 13, 1792, Florence [Italy]—died Feb. 3, 1876, Florence) was a historian, statesman, and leader of liberalism in Tuscany who played an extremely influential role in the rise of the Risorgimento. His salon in Florence was long a centre for the leading liberal thinkers of Europe. Capponi founded two periodicals, L’Antologia (1821; “Anthology”), which was modeled after the Edinburgh Review, and Archivio storico italiano (1839; “Italian Historical Review”). Although he was completely blind by 1840, he continued to lead an active political life, striving for the liberal government that he had so long envisioned. King Leopold ...(100 of 196 words)

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