Gaetano d'Ancora

Gaetano d'Ancora (8 October 1751 – 7 March 1816) was an Italian classical scholar and archeologist, active near Naples.

Biography

Gaetano was born in Naples and studied in Naples under Martorelli, Santoro and Campolongo. By age 18, he was teaching classical languages at the military academy in Naples. He became professor of Greek language at the University of Naples in 1799. He was well connected to other scholars across Europe and Italy. He is best known for his treatises on the excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum. In 1794 he published a translation of Xenocratis De Alimento ex aquatilibus by Xenocrates.[1][2]

Works

References

  • Derived in part from Italian Wikipedia entry
  1. «Giornale de' letterati», t. XCV, Pisa 1794, pp. 284-287
  2. Dizionario biografico universale, Volume 1, compiled by Gioacchino Maria Olivier-Poli, Naples (1824); page 58-59.

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