Francesco Bartolini

Francesco Bartolini (2 February 1831 – 18 November 1914) was an Italian architect and civil engineer active mainly in his native Tuscany.

Life and career Bartolini was born in Pistoia in 1831 and studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. In 1867, he became a teacher of ornamental drawing and geometry at technical schools and published a manual based on his course.

In 1860, Bartolini married the Irish poet Louisa Grace, who was connected to literary circles of the Italian Risorgimento. After her death in 1865 he collected her manuscripts and donated them, together with her personal library, to the Biblioteca Marucelliana in Florence. In 1870 he edited and published a collection of her poems.