Ferrante de Gemmis
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Ferrante de Gemmis was an Italian
philosopher and literary man.
, near Bari
, he was the son of the Baron Tommaso de Gemmis and Francesca Bruni.
He was educated in Naples
where he degreed in law. He inherited the properties of his uncle Minister Ferrante Maddalena.
He was a friend of Antonio Genovesi
and he founded an Academy in Terlizzi
becoming a primary exponent of Illuminism in the region Apulia. He refused to become a judge in order to go on writing on philosophy but he wrote in anonymity for modesty.
His portrait is in the Dictionary of the notable people of the Reign of Naples.
He died in Terlizzi
on April 21, 1803.
Italy
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philosopher and literary man.
Biography
Ferrante de Gemmis was born in TerlizziTerlizzi
Terlizzi is a town and comune in Apulia, Italy, in the province of Bari, to the west of the city of Bari, situated in the midst of a fertile plain. As of 2008, its population was some 27,400.-History:...
, near Bari
Bari
Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas...
, he was the son of the Baron Tommaso de Gemmis and Francesca Bruni.
He was educated in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
where he degreed in law. He inherited the properties of his uncle Minister Ferrante Maddalena.
He was a friend of Antonio Genovesi
Antonio Genovesi
Antonio Genovesi was an Italian writer on philosophy and political economy.-Biography:Genovesi was born at Castiglione, near Salerno....
and he founded an Academy in Terlizzi
Terlizzi
Terlizzi is a town and comune in Apulia, Italy, in the province of Bari, to the west of the city of Bari, situated in the midst of a fertile plain. As of 2008, its population was some 27,400.-History:...
becoming a primary exponent of Illuminism in the region Apulia. He refused to become a judge in order to go on writing on philosophy but he wrote in anonymity for modesty.
His portrait is in the Dictionary of the notable people of the Reign of Naples.
He died in Terlizzi
Terlizzi
Terlizzi is a town and comune in Apulia, Italy, in the province of Bari, to the west of the city of Bari, situated in the midst of a fertile plain. As of 2008, its population was some 27,400.-History:...
on April 21, 1803.