Manuel Magri
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Emmanuel Magri (also known as Manuel or Manwel; 27 February 1851, in
Magri gave a significant contribution as a scholar through his collection of Maltese folk tales and lore. Working at the end of the 19th and the turn of the 20th centuries, Magri's work saved for posterity ethnographic material which would have otherwise been lost through modernisation and more widespread education.[citation needed]
Magri was also one of Malta's pioneers in
Born on 27 February 1851 in Valletta, Magri joined the
See also
- List of Jesuit scientists
- List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics
References
Briffa, Josef Mario
"Historical Introduction" in E. Magri, Ruins of a Megalithic Temple at Xeuchia (Shewkiyah) Gozo. First report, ed. by Charles Cini SDB, Malta: Salesians and Heritage Malta, 2009, pp. 6-9.
"Patri Manwel Magri u l-Ipoġew", Lil Ħbiebna, Novembru 2003, pp. 195-197.
"New Light on Fr Magri's exploration of the Hypogeum: Notes from correspondence with the British Museum.", Malta Archaeological Review, Issue 6, 41-46. Malta, 2005.
Magri, Emmanuel
Three Punic Inscriptions re-discovered in Malta. Edited with translation and Commentary, Malta: Government Printing Office, 1901.
Ruins of a Megalithic Temple at Xeuchia (Shewkiyah) Gozo. First report, Malta, 1906.
Mallia, Salv.
Manwel Magri S.J., Malta: Istitut Komunikazzjoni Socjali, 1978
"Fr. Manwel Magri's Contribution to the Conservation of Malta's archaeological Heritage", Melita Historica 9 (1985), 145-169.
"Fr. Magri and Conservation: a Postscript", Melita Historica 9 (1985), 245-246.
"Magri, Emmanuel (Manwel)", in Diccionario Histórico de la Compañia de Jesús III, 2472. Roma & Madrid, 2001.
Mifsud Chircop, George
Manwel Magri – Ħrejjef Missirijietna [critical edition of Magri's folk tales], Malta, 1994.
Citations
- ^ "The Death Cults of Prehistoric Malta". Scientific American. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ISBN 978-1326598358.
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