Giuseppe de Samuele Cagnazzi was an Italian politician of the

Kingdom of Naples The Kingdom of Naples ( la, Regnum Neapolitanum; it, Regno di Napoli; nap, Regno 'e Napule), also known as the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was ...

. He was an inspector and director of the customs department of the

. He was the elder brother of Italian scientist and economist

Luca de Samuele Cagnazzi Luca de Samuele Cagnazzi (28 October 1764 – 26 September 1852) was an Italian archdeacon, scientist, mathematician, political economist. He also wrote a book about pedagogy and invented the tonograph. Life Born at Altamura, in what is ...

. Vicenti, pp. 45-46.

Life

Giuseppe de Samuele Cagnazzi was born in

Altamura Altamura (, ; nap, label= Barese, Ialtamùre) is a town and ''comune'' of Apulia, in southern Italy. It is located on one of the hills of the Murge plateau in the Metropolitan City of Bari, southwest of Bari, close to the border with Basilic ...

on March 19, 1763, to Livia Nesti and Ippolito Cagnazzi. He was the brother of Italian scientist and economist

and, after the premature loss of their father, their father's friend Carlo de Marco took care of the two siblings, especially their education, in order to ensure them a prestigious careers in politics. They both studied in the first years in the Royal College of Bari ''Real Collegio'' and subsequently they completed their studies at the

University of Altamura The University of Altamura ( it, Università degli Studi di Altamura) was a former university located in Altamura, Apulia, Kingdom of Naples. It was established in Altamura in 1747 by Charles III of Bourbon, following the idea of the archpriest of ...

. During the Altamuran Revolution (1799), Giuseppe Cagnazzi, according to the extensive research carried out by historian Vincenzo Vicenti, Vicenti, p. 45. joined it and then he left the

in order to escape death. He left his wife and children inside the city and later he managed to return to his hometown. His wife was Elisabetta de Gemmis, daughter of the scholar

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, and he had four children from her; according to the autobiography of his brother

, Elisabetta de Gemmis died in 1799 in the aftermath of the Altamuran Revolution. Giuseppe Cagnazzi, therefore, became a widower when he was only 36. Historian Vincenzo Vicenti managed to find a source in which Giuseppe Cagnazzi wrote that she was victim of "the bloody horrors of the brigands", which caused her premature death" When Joseph Bonaparte ascended the throne of the

, he was rehabilitated and received prestigious public positions, first in the cutoms department and later in the tobacco industry. In

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, Giuseppe Cagnazzi was also asked to teach mathematics to the children of some notable French officers. Among them was

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, son of

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, then governor of that province. Giuseppe Cagnazzi died on May 29, 1837, of "pectoral influx". Vicenti, p. 46. He was also known in the field of music as an amateur violin and viola player. Moreover, an instrumental music academy was held in his house twice a week with teachers paid by him. "He Reciped instrumental productions by renowned French and German authors and invited talented teachers, such as Vincenzo Bellini".

Positions

* ''Ispettore dei dazi indiretti'' of the

(1807-?) * ''Direttore dei dazi indiretti'' of the

* Director of the ''fabbrica della grande economia dei tabacchi'' of the

's math teacher

Relatives

* Ippolito de Samuele Cagnazzi - father * Livia Nesti - mother *

(1764-1852) - brother * Elisabetta de Gemmis (?-1799) - wife * Ippolito de Samuele Cagnazzi - son (married to Mariantonia Martucci, nicknamed Antonietta) RepertorioAmministrativo, p. 572

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