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Alfieri is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anastase Alfieri (1892–1971), Italian entomologist * Benedetto Alfieri (1700–1767), Italian architect * Carmine Alfieri (born 1943), Italian Camorra boss * Cesare Alfieri di Sostegno (1799–1869), Italian politician and diplomat * Dino Alfieri (1886–1966), Italian fascist politician * Edoardo Alfieri (1913–1998), Italian sculptor * Blessed Enrichetta Alfieri (1891-1951) - Italian Roman Catholic professed religious * Francesco Alfieri, 17th-century master of swordsmanship * Giulio Alfieri (1924–2002), Italian automobile engineer * Martino Alfieri (1590–1641), Apostolic Nuncio to Cologne from 1634 to 1639 * Nick Alfieri (born 1992), American football linebacker * Pietro Alfieri (1801–1863), Roman Catholic priest and Camaldolese monk * Richard Alfieri (born 1948), American playwright, screenplay writer, novelist, producer, and actor * Victor Alfieri (born 1971), American actor and writer * Vitto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastase Alfieri
Anastase Alfieri (23 March 1892 Alexandria – 1971 Cairo) was an Italian entomologist who worked principally on Coleoptera but, also, with Hermann Preisner, on Heteroptera. Most of his work was on the fauna of Egypt. His collection is shared between the natural history museum in Tutzing :de:Tutzing and the National Museum of Natural History The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. In 2021, with 7 ... in Washington D.C. (Smithsonian). His principal works are *The Coleoptera of Egypt. ''Mem. Soc. Entomol. Egypt''. 5:38.(1976) *with Hermann Preisner A review of the Hemiptera Heteroptera known to us from Egypt. ''Bulletin de la Société Fouad Ier d’Entomologie'' 37:1-119.(1953). {{DEFAULTSORT:Alfieri, Anastase Italian entomologists Italian expatriates in Egypt 1892 births 1971 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martino Alfieri
Martino Alfieri or ''Alferi'' (November 1590 – 30 March 1641) was Apostolic Nuncio to Cologne from 1634 to 1639 and he served also as Bishop of Isola and Archbishop of Cosenza. Life Martino Alfieri was born in Milan in November 1590 where he studied by the Jesuits. He completed his studies earning a doctorate in utroque iure in the University of Pavia and then he moved to Rome, where he was ordained priest on 15 April 1623. In 1627 he became vicar of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore and his ecclesiastic career proceeded with the appointment as referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace (which made him a prelate and gave him the right to practice before the Roman courts), member of Fabric of Saint Peter and consultor of the Holy office. After these experiences, in 1631 he was sent to Malta as Apostolic Visitor and Inquisitor. In 1634 the Pope Urban VIII entrusted him with the office of Nuncio to the Electorate of Cologne. Because of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio Luigi Alfieri
Vittorio Luigi Alfieri (Perugia, July 3, 1863 – Musestre, November 8, 1918) was an Italian military officer. He was Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Italy following the defeat at the Battle of Caporetto, the most critical time of World War I for Italy. Career Vittorio Luigi Alfieri began his military career with his appointment as second lieutenant of infantry in 1881, initially specializing in the Alpine corps and from 1889 being attached to the General Staff. From 1900 to 1905, with the rank of major and then lieutenant colonel, he was an instructor in logistics at the War School. He was then attached from 1908 to 1911 to the Italian Ministry of War and attained the rank of colonel, after which he was posted to the Banaadir as commander of the Italian colonial forces in Somalia, a position he held until 1913. On his return to Italy he was promoted to major general, and briefly commanded the "Brescia" brigade. Before the outbreak of World War I he was the director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio Alfieri
Count Vittorio Alfieri (, also , ; 16 January 17498 October 1803) was an Italian dramatist and poet, considered the "founder of Italian tragedy." He wrote nineteen tragedies, sonnets, satires, and a notable autobiography. Early life Alfieri was born at Asti, Kingdom of Sardinia, now in Piedmont. His father died when he was very young, and he was brought up by his mother, who married a second time, until, at the age of ten, he was placed in the academy of Turin. After a year at the academy, he went on a short visit to a relative at Coni (mod. Cuneo). During his stay there he composed a sonnet chiefly borrowed from lines in Ariosto and Metastasio, the only poets he had at that time read. At thirteen, Alfieri began the study of civil and canon law, but this only made him more interested in literature, particularly French romances. The death of his uncle, who had taken charge of his education and conduct, left him free, at the age of fourteen, to enjoy his paternal inheritance, augme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Alfieri
Victor Alfieri (born July 30, 1971) is an American actor and writer, born in Italy and raised in the U.S. Biography Alfieri was born in Rome and raised an only child by his mother and grandmother, spending summers working in the family's restaurant. Alfieri, a self-described 'class clown', created his own sketch comedy act to entertain friends. At the age of 18, a photographer invited him to do an advertising shoot and soon he graced the covers of several Italian magazines, known as ''fotoromanzi''. His modeling career was cut short, when during an encounter with three muggers his face was scarred by injuries requiring more than 56 stitches. In 1991, Alfieri turned from modeling to join the Italian Police Force. He quit the force after two and a half years of service and, determined to start a career in Hollywood, Alfieri packed his bags and moved to Los Angeles, to the disbelief of his relatives back in Italy. Alfieri quickly landed work as an actor, with various television s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Alfieri
Richard Alfieri (born April 9, 1948) to Sam and Nena Alfieri is an American playwright, screenplay writer, novelist, film producer, and actor. His awards include two Writers Guild Awards and an Emmy nomination. Career A graduate of Yale University, Alfieri began his professional career in New York City, where he studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Alfieri's first professional acting role was as Matt in '' The Fantasticks'' at the Rochester Music Theater. He later starred on Broadway in Tennessee Williams' '' Vieux Carre'', and off-Broadway in ''Awake and Sing'' and ''The Justice Box''. His film-acting credits include ''Children of Rage'' and ''Echoes'', and he has appeared in episodes of ''Magnum PI'', ''Trapper John, M.D.'', and ''Stories from the Bible''. Alfieri received a Writers Guild Award for the Hallmark Hall of Fame film ''Harvest of Fire''. He won the Grand Prize at the New York Film and Television Festival and a Writers Guild Award nomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Alfieri
Pietro Alfieri (29 June 1801 – 12 June 1863) was a Roman Catholic priest and at one time a Camaldolese monk, who was born and died in Rome. For many years, Alfieri was the professor of singing at the English College in Rome. He is remembered chiefly for his scientific writings and his collections of music of the old masters. Perhaps his most valuable work is his "Raccolta di Musica Sacra" in seven large volumes, a reprint of the sixteenth-century church music, mostly by Palestrina, which was supplemented by later and smaller collections, such as "Excerpta ex celebrioribus de musicâ viris" (Rome, 1840), and "Raccolta di Motetti" (Rome, 1841). On plain chant he published "Accompagnamento coll' organo" (Rome, 1840); "Ristabilmento del canto e della musica ecclesiastica" (Rome, 1843); "Saggio storico del canto Gregoriano" (Rome 1845); "Prodromo sulla restaurazione de' libri di canto Gregoriano" (Rome, 1857). He also translated into Italian Catel Catel Muller (born August 27, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Alfieri
Nicholas James Alfieri (born May 27, 1992) is a former American football linebacker who played for the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns in the German Football League. He holds both U.S. and Italian citizenship, and was on the roster of the Italy national American football team for the 2021 European Championship. He played college football at Georgetown University. College career Alfieri finished his collegiate career with 322 total tackles, making him only the third player in school history to reach 300 career tackles. Alfieri earned All Patriot League honors and was a team captain in 2014. In 2014, he wore the Joe Eacobacci #35 Memorial Jersey – a tribute to a former Georgetown football captain who was killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Professional career On December 16, 2015, it was announced that Alfieri had signed with the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns of the German Football League. He led them to German Bowls in 2017 and 2018, while finishing among the league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulio Alfieri
Giulio Alfieri (10 July 1924 – 20 March 2002) was an Italian automobile engineer, affiliated with Maserati in Modena, Italy since 1953, where he was central to the development of racing and production cars in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Alfieri was born in Parma. After graduating the Politecnico of Milan, he first worked on steam turbines for the ship industry ''Cantieri Navali of Tirreno'', in Genoa, before joining the automaker Innocenti in 1949. Employed in September 1953 by Adolfo Orsi, Alfieri joined the technical staff of Maserati alongside Gioacchino Colombo, Vittorio Bellentani and two others. He was best known for the Maserati 3500 GT design (1957) and the Maserati Birdcage (1961), both employing the superleggera lightweight body. Alfieri worked on the six- and eight-cylinder engines used in the Maserati A6 (1955), Maserati 250F (1957), as well as V8 racing engines, later to be used as a basis for the V6 of Maserati Merak and Citroën SM (1969). Alfieri also devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedetto Alfieri
180px, Benedetto Alfieri from the treatise of "Leben des Vittorio Alfieri" Benedetto Innocenzo Alfieri (8 June 1699 - 9 December 1767) was an Italian architect, a representative of the late-Baroque or Rococo style. Biography and works Born in Rome, he was the godson of Pope Innocent XII, and a member of the notable Alfieri family of Piedmontese origin (the well-known dramatist Vittorio Alfieri was his nephew). In Rome, Benedetto was educated in mathematics and design by the Jesuits; he then moved to Piedmont (living in Turin and Asti) to practice both as a lawyer and as an architect. He was frequently patronized by Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, who commissioned him with the design of the Royal Theater of Turin; the theatre (which was probably his masterwork) burned down in 1936 and reopened in 1973. He also completed the bell tower of the Church of Santa Anna in Asti; designed the Palazzo Ghilini in Alessandria; helped complete the façade of the Vercelli Cathedral (1757-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Alfieri
Francesco Ferdinando Alfieri was a master of fencing of the 17th century. He was a representative of the Venetian school of fencing and “Maestro D’Arme” to the Accademia Delia in Padua in 1640. Alfieri was originally from Padua, which at that time was considered territory of the Venetian Republic. Most of the Venice, Venetian and Italy, Italian fencing masters in their treatises describe the famous fencing master Francesco Alfieri as an 'unsurpassed master of fencing', and documents from outside of Italy also contain references to him. Blasco Florio says, in his treatise ''"The Science of Fencing with the sword of Blasco Florio"'' (La scienza della scherma esposta da Blasco Florio): Works Several Martial arts manual, treatises by Alfieri are known: * ''La Bandiera'' ("The Ensign" or "Flag"), published in 1638, which treats flag drill * ''La Scherma'' ("Fencing"), published in 1640 and reprinted in 1645, which treats rapier fencing * ''La Picca'' ("The Pike"), published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrichetta Alfieri
Enrichetta Alfieri (23 February 1891 – 23 November 1951) – born ''Maria Angela Domenica Alfieri'' – was an Italian Roman Catholic religious sister and a member of the Sisters of Divine Charity. Alfieri was called also "the mother of San Vittore" and "the angel of San Vittore" due to her extensive work in the San Vittore prison in Milan. She worked there during World War II when the Nazis arrested her on the charge of espionage. The intervention of the Cardinal Archbishop of Milan Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster secured her release. Pope Benedict XVI approved her beatification and delegated Cardinal Angelo Amato to preside over the beatification celebration at the Milan Cathedral on 26 June 2011. Life Maria Angela Domenica Alfieri was born in 1891 in Borgo Vercelli to Giovanni Alfieri and Rosa Compagnone. She was the eldest and her two sisters were Angela and Adele while her brother and final sibling was Carlo. Her parents educated her as a child before she attended school. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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