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Giacomo Devoto
Giacomo Devoto (19 July 1897 – 25 December 1974) was an Italian historical linguist and one of the greatest exponents of the twentieth century of the discipline. He was born in Genoa and died in Florence.[citation needed]
He was the son of clinician and pathologist Luigi Devoto (1864–1936) and brother of industrialist Giovanni (1903–1944). In 1939 he founded with Bruno Migliorini the journal Lingua Nostra.
In 1931 he took the oath of allegiance to fascism with quiet cynicism (the expression is Gennaro Sasso's): the oath had for him "the value of a glass of cold water.".
In January 1945, immediately after the Liberation, he founded in Florence together with Piero Calamandrei, Corrado Tumiati, Enzo Enriques Agnoletti and Paride Baccarini the AFE, the Association of European Federalists, later merging into the European Federalist Movement founded by Altiero Spinelli, in which he played a leading role in the years 1947–1948.
Assessor in the council of the City of Florence chaired by Gaetano Pieraccini.
He received several honorary degrees from the University of Paris, University of Basel, University of Strasbourg, Humboldt University of Berlin, Jagiellonian University, University of Zagreb and University of Lima.
He was president of the Accademia della Crusca from December 1963, academician of Denmark and Finland, emeritus of Historical linguistics and Rector (academia) of the University of Florence.
He was also the author with Gian Carlo Oli of Vocabolario illustrato della lingua italiana and Le Monnier (publishing house) Vocabolario della lingua italiana, edited from the 2004 edition by Luca Serianni and Maurizio Trifone.
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Giacomo Devoto
Giacomo Devoto (19 July 1897 – 25 December 1974) was an Italian historical linguist and one of the greatest exponents of the twentieth century of the discipline. He was born in Genoa and died in Florence.[citation needed]
He was the son of clinician and pathologist Luigi Devoto (1864–1936) and brother of industrialist Giovanni (1903–1944). In 1939 he founded with Bruno Migliorini the journal Lingua Nostra.
In 1931 he took the oath of allegiance to fascism with quiet cynicism (the expression is Gennaro Sasso's): the oath had for him "the value of a glass of cold water.".
In January 1945, immediately after the Liberation, he founded in Florence together with Piero Calamandrei, Corrado Tumiati, Enzo Enriques Agnoletti and Paride Baccarini the AFE, the Association of European Federalists, later merging into the European Federalist Movement founded by Altiero Spinelli, in which he played a leading role in the years 1947–1948.
Assessor in the council of the City of Florence chaired by Gaetano Pieraccini.
He received several honorary degrees from the University of Paris, University of Basel, University of Strasbourg, Humboldt University of Berlin, Jagiellonian University, University of Zagreb and University of Lima.
He was president of the Accademia della Crusca from December 1963, academician of Denmark and Finland, emeritus of Historical linguistics and Rector (academia) of the University of Florence.
He was also the author with Gian Carlo Oli of Vocabolario illustrato della lingua italiana and Le Monnier (publishing house) Vocabolario della lingua italiana, edited from the 2004 edition by Luca Serianni and Maurizio Trifone.