Gaetano Polidori

(1764-1853)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Polidori, Gaetano, 1764-1853 LBT ID: GaPolid1853 VIAF ID: 59135519 LOC ID: nr93031372	B/BAP: 1764 DIED: 1853-12-15
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (February 1854) 219; DNB ["John Polidori"]; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The father of Byron's acquaintance; after serving as secretary to the Italian poet Alfieri he emigrated to England where he worked as a miscellaneous writer and established a press where he published works by his grandchildren Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Christina Rossetti.