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Niccolò Tommaseo

1802–1874 · 19th century

Niccolò Tommaseo was an Italian writer and lexicographer, born in Dalmatia, best known for his great dictionary of the Italian language. Imprisoned by the Austrians with Daniele Manin in January 1848, he was freed when Venice rose in March and served as a minister of the Republic of San Marco. After its fall in 1849 he went into exile.

Niccolò Tommaseo
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Republic of San Marco

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