Ercole Ricotti

Ercole Ricotti (born October 12, 1816 in Voghera , † February 24, 1883 in Turin ) was an Italian historian and politician .

Ercole Ricotti first studied mathematical and technical sciences, then history in Turin. Because of his work on the history of mercenary companies in Italy ( Storia delle compagnie di ventura in Italia ) on intervention by Cesare Balbo in 1846, he became professor of modern history (originally military history) at the University of Turin . He took part as a captain in the Genie Corps in the war against Austria in 1848, during which time he was captured by Austria .

Ricotti was a member of the Sardinian Chamber of Deputies since 1848 and of the Italian Senate since 1862 . Also in 1862 he was appointed Rector of the University of Turin and in 1878 President of the Academy of Sciences in Turin , of which he had been a member since 1840. After he had stopped his lectures at the university in 1882 due to illness, he died on February 24, 1883 at the age of 66 in Turin.

Publications

• Sopra la storia d'Italia dal basso impero ai comuni , Turin 1848
• Della vita e degli scritti del conte Cesare Balbo , Florence 1856
• Storia della monarchia piemontese , 6 vols., Florence 1861–69
• Breve storia della costituzione inglese , 1871
• Della rivoluzione protestante , Turin 1874
• Ricordi di mia vita , ed. by Manno, Turin 1886
• La rivoluzione francese dell'anno 1789 , ed. Posthumous 1888

literature

• Ricotti, Ercole . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , 6th edition, 1902-08, Vol. 16, p. 913.

Web links

• Entry in the Senatori dell'Italia liberale database of the Historical Archives of the Italian Senate
• Entry in the Portale storico of the Camera dei deputati
• Ercole Ricotti at torinoscienza.it
• Standard entry in the Opac of the Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (SBN)
• Ricotti's publications in the Opac des SBN

Remarks

1. ↑ 4 vol., Turin 1844-45; 2nd edition, 2 vol., Turin 1893