Angelo Bongioanni

Angelo Bongioanni (4 April 1864 – 28 November 1931) was an Italian librarian, literary scholar, and onomastician. Born in Mondovì, he earned a degree in literature at the University of Turin in 1886. Bongioanni died in Susa, Piedmont in 1931.[1] He is known for authoring Nomi e cognomi (1928), the first comprehensive dictionary of Italian names.[2] He was the father of Emilio Bongioanni, a soldier who died in World War I and was awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valor.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Petrucciani, Alberto (6 December 2022) [6 August 2006]. "Bongioanni, Angelo". Dizionario bio-bibliografico dei bibliotecari italiani del XX secolo (in Italian).
  2. ↑ Stefani, Elwys De (2003). Cognomi della Carnia (in Italian). Societá Filologica Friulana. p. 18. ISBN 978-88-7636-018-3.
  3. ↑ "Dott. ANGELO BONGIOANNI". La Patria del Friuli (in Italian). 3 December 1931.
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