Tommaso Vallauri
Tommaso Vallauri (born January 23, 1805 in Chiusa di Pesio , Province of Cuneo , † September 1, 1897 in Rome ) was an Italian classical philologist .
Life
Tommaso Vallauri studied in Turin from 1820 to 1823, whereupon he became professor of rhetoric , in 1838 suppleant for Latin and Italian eloquence and in 1843 professor of this subject at the University of Turin .
He edited Plautus Aulularia (Turin 1853), Miles gloriosus (1854), Trinummus (1855, 2nd edition 1865) and Menaechmi (1859), Horaz (1854), Ciceros Orationes selectae (1878), Burnoufs Sallust (1878), Curtius (2nd edition 1882), published: Historia critica litterarum latinarum (1849, 13th edition 1888), Collezione economica degli scrittori classici latini (1850), Epitome historiae graecae (1856, 10th edition 1887), Epitome historiae romanae (5th ed. 1876), edited by Ausonius Popma De differentiis verborum(1852), the Latin-Italian dictionary by Bazzarini (1850 to 1854) and a Latin-Italian school dictionary (1852–54). His speeches appeared collected in Turin in 1852 and 1865, Opuscula Varia 1876. See his autobiography: vita, scritta da esso (Turin 1879) and Lettere di illustri scrittori a Tommaso Vallauri (Turin 1880).
In the last legislative period of the Kingdom of Sardinia he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies . In 1869 he became a member of the Accademia della Crusca . From 1882 until his death he was a member of the Italian Senate .
Works
- Storia della poesia in Piemonte (1841, 2 volumes)
- Della societa letteraria del Piemonte (1844)
- Storia della universita degli studii del Piemonte (1846, 3 volumes; 2nd edition 1875)
- Il cavaliere marino in Piemonte (1847, 3rd edition 1884)
- Novella (6th edition 1883).
Web links
- Entry in the Senatori dell'Italia liberale database of the Historical Archives of the Italian Senate
- Vallauri, Tommaso. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- Vallauri, Tommaso in: Enciclopedia Italiana , Rome 1937
- Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon 1888 .
Remarks
- ↑ Entry in the Portale storico of the Camera dei deputati
- ^ Membership list of the Crusca
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vallauri, Tommaso |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chiusa di Pesio |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1897 |
| Place of death | Rome |