The Risorgimento: Between Italy and England
- Ugo Foscolo, Poet, born in Greece, 1788, died in London, 1827. The video attached features an audio recording of his poetry, and an English translation can be found here.
- Giuseppe Mazzini, born in Genoa in 1805, died in Genoa in 1872, exiled to London, 1837-1843. Mazzini remained an active figure and parti-time inhabitant of London through the 1850s. He is remembered as a hero of the republic in a 1949 video celebrating a statute erected in his honor.
- Pasquale Villari, historian and politician, attended the London International Exhibit in 1862 where he was invited to serve as Juror.
- Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian Unification Activist, traveled to London in April, 1864. He received a hero's welcome, and was lauded as a "Victorian Celebrity." A contemporary print and the New York Times article from April 28, 1864 record impressions of the event.
