Giordano Bianchi Dottula

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Giordano Bianchi Dottula (31 January 1775,

Montrone - 19 February 1846, Naples[1]
) 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.

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