Sir Anthony Panizzi, librarian of the British museum, born at Brescello, in the duchy of Mo-dena, Sept. 16, 1797. He was educated at the university of Parma, which he left in 1818 and devoted himself to the practice.of law. Having taken part in the Piedmontese revolution of 1821, he fled to England, and taught Italian at Liverpool. In 1828 he was called to the chair of Italian language and literature in London university, which he held three years. In 1831 he was chosen assistant librarian of the British museum, and in 1837 was appointed keeper of the printed books. During his super-intendency of 19 years in this department, through his influence the parliamentary grants for purchases were greatly augmented, and the number of books was more than doubled. In 1856 he succeeded Sir Henry Ellis as principal librarian. In 1866 he resigned, the government awarding him his full salary as a retiring pension, and in 1869 he was knighted. He has edited Boiardo's Orlando innamorato and the Orlando furioso of Ariosto (9 vols., London, 1830-'34), Boiardo's Sonetti e canzoni (1835), and Dante's Inferno (1860).