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Celestino Schiaparelli

Italian arabist (1841-1919) · Italy · On the map · Academics · Died at 78

Celestino Schiaparelli was an Italian Arabist and philologist and a leading representative of Italian Arabic studies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Born in Savigliano, Piedmont, he belonged to the scholarly circle formed around Michele Amari and is regarded as one of Amari's most eminent pupils and successors. He taught Arabic in Florence and, from 1875, at the University of Rome, where he became known for his editions and translations of Arabic texts relating to Italy and Sicily.

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Italy
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1841 to 1919 · aged 78