Robecchi, Giulio |
PHYSICIAN, PATRIOT (ITALY) |
BORN 15 Sep 1806, Gambolò, Lombardia - DIED 24 Jan 1846, Paris CAUSE OF DEATH kidney infection GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière de Montmartre, 20 Avenue Rachel (division 19) |
Giulio Robecchi was the brother of the author Giuseppe Robecchi (1805-1874). He studied medicin in Turin. He was a patriot and following political trials in 1833 he was forced to flee to Switzerland and from there to France. In 1834 he was authorised to work as a physician in France, specialising in childhood diseases. In France he met other Italians like Giovanni Ruffini and Vincenzo Gioberti. In 1842 he visited Mazzini in London. He was a close friend of Cornelia Boinville-Turner and after he died in Paris from a kidney infection in 1846 he was buried in the tomb of her family at the Montmartre cemetery. Related persons was a friend of Boinville, Cornelia knew Gioberti, Vincenzo visited Mazzini, Giuseppe |