Niccolò Tommaseo
Niccolò Tommaseo | |
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Portrait of Niccolò Tommaseo by Egisto Sarri | |
| Born | October 9, 1802 |
| Died | 1 May 1874 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Linguist, journalist and essayist |
| Parent(s) | Girolamo Tommaseo and Caterina Tommaseo (née Chevessich) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Padua |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguistics |
| Notable works | Dizionario della lingua italiana (1861–74) |
| Notable ideas | Italian irredentism |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 2 April 1860 – 17 December 1860 | |
| Constituency | Third Cavour government |
Niccolò Tommaseo (Italian: [nikkoˈlɔ ttommaˈzɛːo]; 9 October 1802 – 1 May 1874) was a Dalmatian Italian linguist, journalist and essayist, the editor of a Dizionario della Lingua Italiana (A Dictionary of the Italian Language) in eight volumes (1861–74), of a dictionary of synonyms (1830) and other works. He is considered a precursor of the Italian irredentism.