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Paolo Emiliano Giudici

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GIUDICI, PAOLO EMILIANO Italian writer, was born at Mussomeli, Sicily, on June 13, 1812. For a short time in 1848 he was professor of Italian literature at Pisa, but was deprived on account of his liberal views. Later he became professor of aesthetics (resigning 1862) and secretary of the Academy of Fine Arts at Florence, and in 1867 was elected to the chamber of deputies. His works include Storia della littera tura italiana (1844), Storia del teatro (186o), and Storia dei comuni italiani (1861). He died at Tonbridge, England, on Sept. 8, 1872.