Giordano Bianchi Dottula
Giordano Bianchi Dottula (31 January 1775,
) was an Italian writer and politician.Life
He initially studied under the
Piarist father Ermenegildo Guarnieri before moving from Naples to Rome. Passionate about classical studies, he was a member of the purist school, a teacher of Basilio Puoti and a friend of Vincenzo Monti, Ugo Foscolo, Pietro Giordani
and other noted writers of the time.
In 1799 he joined the revolutionaries who set up the anti-Bourbon
king of Naples
in 1808 he made Bianchi his court chamberlain and president of the council of the Province of Bari.
Following the restoration of the Bourbons to Naples in 1815, he endured a period of exile in France and Switzerland before eventually reclaiming residence in
La Giovine Italia
conspiracy.