Francesco Crispi (1819-1901)
Italian statesman, was born at Ribera, Sicily. After the revolutionary movement of 1848 he was obliged to take refuge in France. He organized the successful movement of 1859-60 and re-entered Sicily with Garibaldi.
He became eventually premier, advocating the triple alliance of Germany, Austria, and Italy; and in 1898 withdrew from politics. He ranks as a much maligned but constructive statesman.
~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1775.
You can visit the memorial page for Francesco Crispi.
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