Guglielmo Ferrero
Guglielmo Ferrero , 1871-1942, Italian man of letters and historian. With his father-in-law, the criminologist Cesare Lombroso , he collaborated in the writing of La donna delinquente (1893, tr. The Female Offender, 1895). His interest in psychology and sociology permeates his writings. An outspoken critic of Fascism, Ferrero was exiled by Benito Mussolini and became (1930) professor of history at the Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland, where he died. Among his numerous works the best-known deal with Roman history, notably The Greatness and Decline of Rome (5 vol., 1902-7, tr. 1907-9).
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Magazine article from: SciTech Book News; 6/1/2008; 108 words
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In Tubingen. (poem) (Bearing Witness: Recent Literature from Lebanon)
Magazine article from: The Literary Review; 3/22/1994; ; 126 words
; ...Holderlin, and other German authors into Arabic. He was one of the founders of the 1957 Shi'r magazine and has published numerous works of poetry, including Mirsat |ala 'l-Khalij (1961), Al-|Ushb al-Ladhi La Yamut (1970), Sallat-al-Shaykh Darwish (1990), and...
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Dr. Arthur P. David, 91, ex-Howard Univ. prof, dies.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: Jet; 5/13/1996; 151 words
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Address unknown. (poem) (Bearing Witness: Recent Literature from Lebanon)
Magazine article from: The Literary Review; 3/22/1994; ; 125 words
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Holder, Nancy. Spirited.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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Tulsa Ballet.(RETIREMENTS)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 12/1/2005; ; 136 words
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Inigo Manglano-Ovalle at the Art Institute of Chicago.(CHICAGO)(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 11/1/2005; ; 442 words
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The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., recently announced that over 400 new acquisitions had been approved by the museum's board of trustees.(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 2/1/2006; 82 words
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Guglielmo Ferrero
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Guglielmo Ferrero The Italian journalist, novelist, and historian Guglielmo Ferrero (1871-1942) devoted his life and his writings to the cause of liberalism. Guglielmo Ferrero was born in Portica, Piedmont, on...
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