Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

BERTANI, AGOSTINO (1812-1886)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 810 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

BERTANI, See also:AGOSTINO (1812-1886) , See also:Italian revolutionist, was See also:born at See also:Milan on the 19th of See also:October 1812. He took See also:part in the insurrection of 1848, though opposed to the See also:fusion of See also:Lombardy with See also:Piedmont. During the See also:Roman See also:republic of 1849, he, as medical officer, organized the See also:ambulance service, and, after the fall of See also:Rome, withdrew to See also:Genoa, where he worked with See also:Sir See also:James See also:Hudson for the liberation of the See also:political prisoners of See also:Naples, but held aloof from the Mazzinian conspiracies. In 1859 he founded a revolutionary See also:journal at Genoa, but, shortly afterwards, joined as surgeon the Garibaldian See also:corps in the See also:war of 1859. After Villafranca he became the organizer-inchief of the expeditions to See also:Sicily, remaining at Genoa after See also:Garibaldi's departure for See also:Marsala, and organizing four See also:separate volunteer corps, two of which were intended for Sicily and two for the papal states. See also:Cavour, however, obliged all to See also:sail for Sicily. Upon the arrival of Garibaldi at Naples, Bertani was appointed secretary-See also:general of the See also:dictator, in which capacity he reorganized the See also:police, abolished the See also:secret service fund, founded twelve See also:infant asylums, suppressed the duties upon Sicilian products, prepared for the suppression of the religious orders, and planned the sanitary reconstruction of the See also:city. Entering See also:parliament in 1861, he opposed the Garibaldian expedition, which ended at See also:Aspromonte, but nevertheless tended Garibaldi's See also:wound with affectionate devotion. In 1866 he organized the medical service for the 40,000 Garibaldians, and in 1867 fought at Mentana. His See also:parliamentary career, though marked by zeal, was less brilliant than his revolutionary activity. Up to 187o he remained an agitator, but, after the liberation of Rome, seceded from the historic See also:left, and became See also:leader of the extreme left, a position held until his See also:death on the 3oth of See also:April 1886. His See also:chief See also:work as See also:deputy was an inquiry into the sanitary conditions of the peasantry, and the preparation of the sanitary See also:code adopted by the See also:Crispi See also:administration.

(H. W.

End of Article: BERTANI, AGOSTINO (1812-1886)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
BERT, PAUL (1833-1886)
[next]
BERTAT (Arab. Jebalain)