Louis Roversi

Background

Roversi, Louis was born on December 8, 1859 in Bologna, Italy. Son of Paul and Enrica (Dozza) Roversi.

Education

Graduated from the University of Bologna, Doctor of Laws, with highest honors (graduation essay printed at expense of Italian Government), followed by special course on art at Royal Academy Fine Arts, Bologna.

Career

Editor Louisiana Stella d’Italia, Bologna, 1882-1885. Editor Il Progresso Italo Americano, New York, 1885-1898. Secretary to director Metropolitan Museum of Art (late General Louis P. di Cesnola) 1898-1904.

Editor of L’Araldo Italiano, 1907-1911.

Lectured for Board of Education, New York, Newark, New Jersey, Jersey City, New Jersey, for Dante Alighieri Society of Boston, et cetera Editorial writer and correspondent various Italian newspapers.

Secretary American Commission to first International Exposition of Modern Decorative Art, Turin, Italy, 1902. Author: State and Church in Italy, 1880.

Essays on Italian Art, 1883.

L.P. di Cesnola and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1898. Ricordi Canavesani, 1900. Home: New York, New New York

Achievements

• Louis Roversi has been listed as a notable author, editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Clara Nobbs, of Norwich, England, August 10, 1888.

Father:

Paul Roversi

Mother:

Enrica (Dozza) Roversi

Spouse:

Clara Nobbs