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Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina

1815 - 1890

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Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina (August 28, 1815 - March 29, 1890) was an Italian journalist, patriot and politician. Considered one of the greatest journalists of the 19th century and a pioneer of modern journalism, he is mostly remembered for his war correspondence. He wrote for many Italian papers and contributed to the press in France, Great Britain and Belgium. He was also a prolific novelist, mainly focused on religious themes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina is the 4,043rd most popular writer (down from 3,789th in 2019). (down from 3,146th in 2019)

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Among writers, Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina ranks 4,043 out of 7,302Before him are Eeva Kilpi, Sanmao, Olof von Dalin, Yang Jiang, George Coșbuc, and Daniel Silva. After him are Decimus Laberius, Mary Renault, Onomacritus, Leif G. W. Persson, Jurek Becker, and Mohammed Hussein Heikal.

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Among people born in 1815, Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina ranks 60Before him are James B. Francis, Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, Mykhailo Verbytskyi, Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg, Edward Forbes, and Marguerite Bays. After him are Henry Halleck, James Legge, Pavel Fedotov, Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg, Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, and Emanuel Geibel. Among people deceased in 1890, Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina ranks 50Before him are Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal, Marianne North, Pyotr Chikhachyov, Johann Georg Halske, James Nasmyth, and Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury. After him are Lydia Becker, Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen, Prince Karl of Auersperg, Louise-Victorine Ackermann, Franz Delitzsch, and Otto August Rosenberger.

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