ANGELO DE GUBERNATIS
\and͡ʒˈiːlə͡ʊ də ɡjˌuːbənˈɑːtiz], \andʒˈiːləʊ də ɡjˌuːbənˈɑːtiz], \a_n_dʒ_ˈiː_l_əʊ d_ə ɡ_j_ˌuː_b_ə_n_ˈɑː_t_i_z]\
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An Italian critic, poet, philologist, and historian; born in Turin, April 7, 1840. His profound scholarship and versatility have won him distinction in widely separated departments of literature. "The First Twenty Hymns of the Rig-Veda" (text and translation, 1865); "Death of Cato" (1863), a drama in metre; "King Nala", an Indo-Brahmin play; "Gabriel", a novel; "Zoological Mythology" (1872); and many other works, evince a complete mastery of style, and exhibit his brilliant attainments. Literature is further indebted to him for his invaluable work of reference entitled "Writers of the Day".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.