BONFANTE, Giuliano Ugo. Milano 6.8.1904 — Rome 9.9.2005 (when 101). Italian IE and Romance Linguist. Son of Pietro Bonfante (1864-1932), Professor and scholar of the history of Roman law, and Pia Rua. Studies of literature and law in Rome. Professor from 1929 at Naples, but soon decided to avoid the…
FUMI, Fausto Gherardo. Montepulciano (Tuscany) 17.10.1840 — Genoa 1915. Italian Linguist interested in Sanskrit Literature. Studies at Pisa (under Bardelli, diplome 1862), Florence and Leipzig. First teacher in Liceo di Reggio-Calabria, then taught at University of Palermo in 1887-90 and from 1890 at Genoa, where he became ord. Professor of…