About Giuliano Bonfante
Lived 1904 – 2005 (aged 101). Giuliano Bonfante was an Italian linguist, historical linguist and university teacher.
Giuliano Bonfante (6 August 1904 – 9 September 2005) was an Italian linguist and expert on the language of the Etruscans and other Italic peoples. He was professor of linguistics at the University of Genoa and then at the University of Turin.
Bonfante was born in Milan, the son of jurist . He collaborated with his daughter, Larissa Bonfante, in his study of the Etruscan language. He became a member of the Accademia dei Lincei in 1958.
He died in Rome.
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Italian linguist (1904–2005)
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Giuliano Bonfante was born on 6 August 1904 in Milan.
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Giuliano Bonfante died on 9 September 2005 in Rome.
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Giuliano Bonfante was a linguist, historical linguist and university teacher.
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