The Life of Sir Anthony Panizzi, K.C.B. 2 Volume Set
Late Principal Librarian of the British Museum, Senator of Italy, Etc.

This biography of Anthony Panizzi (1797–1879), Italian patriot and librarian of the British Museum, was published in 1880.

Louis Fagan (Author)

9781108044912, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 23 February 2012

772 pages, 36 b/w illus.
21.6 x 13.9 x 4.7 cm, 1.06 kg

Anthony Panizzi (1797–1879), born in Brescello, Italy, qualified as a lawyer, but fled to Switzerland in 1823 to avoid arrest for his political activities in support of Italian unification. He then moved to England, where he became a naturalised British subject. The patronage of Lord Brougham, the Lord Chancellor, got him a post in the British Museum Library, where he remained for thirty-five years. He was responsible for the great expansion of the library, the building of the famous round Reading Room, and the compilation of cataloguing rules which remain influential today. Panizzi was knighted for services to librarianship, and is commemorated by the annual Panizzi lectures at the British Library. His continuing support of Italian independence was recognised by his appointment to the Italian senate. This two-volume biography by his colleague Louis Fagan (1845–1903) was published in 1880.

Volume 1: Preface
1. Introduction
2. Flight
3. Foscolo
4. The British Museum
5. Sir Henry Ellis
6. Bridport election
7. Theirs
8. The Royal Commission, 1847–9
9. Mr Grenville
10. Lord Vernon's Dante
11. Minor incidents
12. Panizzi and Austria
13. The new reading-room. Volume 2: 14. Retirement of Sir Henry Ellis
15. Sir W. Temple
16. Desire to visit Naples
17. Cardinal Alberoni
18. Death of Panizzi's sister
19. Legion of Honour, etc.
20. Devising means for escape of Settembrini
21. Bianchini's appointment
22. Departure of Neapolitan prisoners
23. Italian unity
24. England in 1859
25. Ill-health
26. Death of Mr. Ellice
27. Prosper Merimée
28. Senator of Italy
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]