About
Guglielmo Ferrero (1871-1942) was an Italian historian and essayist, best known for his magnum opus 'The Greatness and Decline of Rome' (1903-1908). He studied law at Pisa, Bologna, and Turin, and married Gina Lombroso, daughter of criminologist Cesare Lombroso. Ferrero taught at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva from 1929. Opposed to all forms of dictatorship, he refused to leave Italy under Fascist rule, leading to house arrest and eventual exile in Switzerland. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature numerous times.
* 1871-06-21 — † 1942-08-03
Major works
- Grandezza e decadenza di Roma (1903-1908)historical essay
- Criminal Woman, the Prostitute and the Normal Woman (1893)essay
- Characters and Events of Roman History (1909)lectures
- The Principles of Power (1942)essay
- The Reconstruction of Europe: Talleyrand and the Congress of Vienna (1941)historical essay
Key milestones
- 1908Invited to the White House by President Theodore Roosevelt.
- 1929Exiled to Switzerland, becomes professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.
- 1942Dies at Mont Pèlerin, Switzerland.
Themes
Roman historyLegitimacy of powerDictatorship and libertyCriminologyFrench Revolution
Sources: britannica.com · nobelprize.org