Francesco D'Ovidio

Francesco D'Ovidio
Born	5 December 1849  Campobasso
Died	24 November 1925  (aged 75) Naples
Alma mater	Scuola Normale Superiore. Classe di Lettere e Filosofia
Occupation	Romanist, university teacher
Employer	University of Naples Federico II

Francesco D'Ovidio (Campobasso, 5 December 1849 – Naples, 24 November 1925) was an Italian philologist and literary critic. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.

Biography

He was educated at Pisa and Naples. In 1870 he became professor of Romance philology at the University of Naples.

Works

His thorough scholarship and keen criticism are shown in a large number of works, of which the following are the most noteworthy:

• Dell' origine dell' unica forma flessionale del nome italiano (1872)
• Il vocalismo tonico italiano (1878)
• Storia della letteratura latina (1879)
• Il Tasso e la Lucrezia Bendidio-Machiavelli (1882)

References

Attribution

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "D'Ovidio, Francesco" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.