Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi

Italian Hebraist

Date of Birth: 25-Oct-1742

Place of Birth: Castelnuovo Nigra, Piedmont, Italy

Date of Death: 23-Mar-1831

Profession: presbyter, bibliographer

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi (October 25, 1742 in Castelnuovo Nigra, Piedmont – March 23, 1831 in Parma) was an Italian Christian Hebraist.
He studied in Ivrea and Turin.
In October 1769, he was appointed professor of Oriental languages at the University of Parma, where he spent the rest of his life.
His inaugural lecture on the causes of the neglect of Hebrew study was published in 1769 at Turin.