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Giuseppe Mezzofanti

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Cardinal; philologist. Born 1774; died 1849. He left only a few manuscripts on comparative philology, as his polyglotism was intuitive rather than analytic, but is credited with a perfect knowledge of 38 languages and a less perfect knowledge of 30 other languages and of 50 dialects.

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Entry for 'Giuseppe Mezzofanti'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​g/giuseppe-mezzofanti.html. 1910.
 
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