Giovanni Bognetti

Giovanni Bognetti (8 December 1868 – 9 January 1935) was an Italian historian, geographer and journalist.

Biography Born in Milan in 1868 to Giuseppe Bognetti and Liduina Arganini, he graduated in literature from the Accademia scientifico-letteraria in 1891 and taught history at the "Alessandro Manzoni" high school. He later moved to the "Bognetti-Boselli" institute, where he became principal and remained until 1926.

He devoted himself to historical studies, publishing various monographs with the Archivio Storico Lombardo, and was a corresponding member of the Regio Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere and the Regia Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Province Lombarde. From 1904 to 1913, he was president of the Circolo Filologico Milanese, and in 1914, he became a councilor of the Società Storica Lombarda. Among other positions he held, he was vice-president of the Ente Nazionale per le Industrie Turistiche, a councilor of the Automobile Club d'Italia, and a member of the Council of Research.

He died in Milan on 9 January 1935.