Michele Giuseppe Canale (1808-1890) was an Italian historian.
Biography edit
He was born in Genoa, and through Cavour's influence secured the professorship of history and geography at Genoa's Polytechnic Institute. In 1858 he founded the Società Ligure di Storia Patria, a society to promote the study of national history.
Work edit
His most important publication was the Storia della repubblica di Genova (Vols. I.-V., 1858–74).
References edit
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: . New International Encyclopedia. 1905. This work in turn cites:
- de Gubernatis, Dictionnaire international des écrivains du jour (Florence, 1888)