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Michele Giuseppe Canale

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Michele Giuseppe Canale (1808-1890) was an Italian historian.

Biography

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He was born in Genoa, and through Cavour's influence secured the professorship of history and geography at Genoa's Polytechnic Institute. In 1858 he founded the Società Ligure di Storia Patria, a society to promote the study of national history.

Work

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His most important publication was the Storia della repubblica di Genova (Vols. I.-V., 1858–74).

References

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  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain"Canale, Michele Giuseppe" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905. This work in turn cites:
    • de Gubernatis, Dictionnaire international des écrivains du jour (Florence, 1888)