Autor: Guglielmo Ferrero

Gugliemo Ferrero was born near Naples in the town of Portici, Italy on July 31, 1871. During his university studies he became a pupil of Cesare Lombroso, an Italian criminalista. At twenty-six years old, he published the controversial book Europe Giovanne (The Europe Young Person) based on his expansive travel on the continent. Despite his prominent stature in the intellectual world, his theory on the fall of Latin civilization elicited harsh criticism. Furthermore, his resistance to Fascism led to Benito Mussolini’s exiling him. He died in Switzerland, where he was a professor of history at the University of Geneva.