Professor Roberto Weiss | |
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| Born | 21 January 1906 Milan |
| Died | August 10, 1969 (aged 63) Reading |
| Nationality | Italian, British |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Title | Count[1] |
| Spouse | Eve (née Cecil) |
| Children | 1 boy, 3 girls |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Oxford University |
| Thesis | Humanism in England during the Fifteenth Century up to 1485 (unpublished D.Phil. thesis, University of Oxford, 1938) |
| Influences | John Buchan |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Sub-discipline | Renaissance |
| Institutions | University College, London |
| Main interests | Medals |
| Notable works | Humanism in England during the Fifteenth Century, Renaissance Discovery of Classical Antiquity |
Roberto Weiss (21 January 1906 – 10 August 1969) was an Italian-British scholar and historian who specialised in the fields of Italian-English cultural contacts during the period of the Renaissance, and of Renaissance humanism.[2][3][4]
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4introwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ C. Fahy in Lettere Italiane, vol. 22 (1970), pp. 252–56.
- ^ O. Skutch in Italian Studies, vol. 25 (1970), pp. 1–5.
- ^ Rubinstein, Nicolai (2008) [2004]. "Weiss, Roberto (1906–1969)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40621. (subscription required)