Cardinal Caspar Mezzofanti

(1774-1849)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Mezzofanti, Giuseppe, 1774-1849 LBT ID: CaMezzo1849 VIAF ID: 61855730 LOC ID: no2006072204	B/BAP: 1774-09-19 DIED: 1849-03-15
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Italian linguist and professor of Arabic at the University of Bologna who could speak 38 languages fluently.
REFERENCES TO Cardinal Caspar Mezzofanti: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1824 Found 1: ¶ 166 William Carew Hazlitt, Memoirs of William Hazlitt. With Portions of his Correspondence 2 vols (London: Richard Bentley, 1867) Ch. XII 1825 Found 1: ¶ 16