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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As a member of the secret society of Carbonari's and an admirer of Murat, Rossetti had to flee from Italy after 1820. With the help of Lady Moore (the wife of admiral Graham Moore) he escaped to Cyprus and went to London, where he taught Italian (later he became a professor) and published his writings. In 1826 he married Frances Polidori. He knew Lady Dudley Stuart, Mary Shelley and several members of the Bonaparte Family, amongst them the future Napoleon III. He was buried next to Madox Brown's first wife. 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 |
