Born in
Villafranca (Verona) on 2 November 1820, he graduated from
University of Pavia with a degree in law in 1843. In 1848 he became the provisional government of Milan and was appointed as professor of commercial law the same year. He taught economics and statistics at the universities of
Padua and
Rome and written many public works on population theory, statistics, analysis, monetary and land. His learning led him to also perform studies on
hydraulics and
geology and engage both in prose and in
poetry. He contributed to several magazines including
New Anthology and was a Member of Parliament for Verona from 1866 to 1883 of which he became a senator on 10 May 1884. He died in Rome on 5 April 1901. ==Publications==