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Also Known As Antonio Genesio Maria Panizzi
Born September 16, 1797 • Italy
Died April 8, 1879 (aged 81) • London • England

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Sir Anthony Panizzi, detail of an oil painting by George Frederic Watts, c. 1847; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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