ANTONIO CARLO NAPOLEONE GALLENGA
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An Italian publicist and author; born in Parma, Nov. 4, 1810; died at Llandogo, Wales, Dec. 17, 1895. He left Italy in 1831 for political reasons. He represented Piedmont at Frankfort in 1848-49, and was a member of Parliament from 1854 to 1864. He was long the London Times's special correspondent in Italy. His works, many of them issued under the name of "Mariotti", include: "Italy, Past and Present" (1841-49); "Castellamonte, an Autobiography" (1854); "Mariotti's Italian Grammar", which went through twelve editions; "History of Piedmont" (1855-56); "The Pearl of the Antilles" (1873); and several books of travel.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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