Rossetti, Gabriele Pasquale Giuseppe |
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BORN 28 Feb 1783, Vasto, Abruzzo - DIED 26 Apr 1854, London: 166 Albany Street, Regent's Park GRAVE LOCATION London: Highgate Cemetery West, Swain's Lane, Highgate |
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Gabriele Rossetti published an edition of poems in 1807. His poetry was patriotic. He became a member of the secret society of Carbonari's and was an admirer of Murat. Rossetti had to flee from Italy and went into exile in Malta in 1821. After three years Lady Moore (the wife of admiral Graham Moore) helped him escape to Cyprus and travel to London. There he taught Italian and he published his writings. In 1826 he married Frances Polidori. They had four children who became writers and artists. He became a Professor of Italian at King's College in London in 1831. He knew Lady Dudley Stuart, Mary Shelley and several members of the Bonaparte Family, including the future emperor Napoleon III. In 1846 he published his poem "Il veggente in solitudine". In 1847 he ended his teaching engagements because his eyesight failed. He died in London in 1854 and he was buried next to Ford Madox Brown's first wife Elizabeth Madox Brown. Family • Son: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel • Daughter: Rossetti, Christina • Son: Rossetti, William Michael • Wife: Polidori, Frances (1826-1854) Related persons • was secretary to Alfieri, Vittorio, count • admired Murat, Joachim, king of Naples • knew Napoleon III Bonaparte • knew Shelley, Mary |
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 The grave of Gabriele Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti and Lizzie Siddal at Highgate Cemetery West, London. Picture by Androom (28 Mar 2016) |
 The grave of Gabriele Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti and Lizzie Siddal at Highgate Cemetery West, London. Picture by Androom (28 Mar 2016) |
Sources • Feldman, Paula R. and Diana Scott-Kilvert, The Journals of Mary Shelley, 1814-1844, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1987 • Gabriele Rossetti - Wikipedia (EN) |
