page_title: Anthony Panizzi
hierarchical_section_title: Anthony Panizzi
caption_attribution_description: English: Caricature of Anthony Panizzi (1797-1879). Caption read "Books".
context_page_description: Sir Antonio Genesio Maria Panizzi, better known as Anthony Panizzi, was a naturalised British librarian of Italian birth and an Italian patriot. He was the Principal Librarian of the British Museum from 1856 to 1866.
context_section_description: Sir Antonio Genesio Maria Panizzi (16 September 1797 – 8 April 1879), better known as Anthony Panizzi, was a naturalised British librarian of Italian birth and an Italian patriot. He was the Principal Librarian (i.e. head) of the British Museum from 1856 to 1866.
caption: Anthony Panizzi by Carlo Pellegrini in Vanity Fair
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