Luigi Palma di Cesnola
Luigi Palma di Cesnola (29 Juli 1832 – 20 November 1904), adalah seorang prajurit, diplomat dan arkeolog amatir Italia-Amerika, yang lahir di Rivarolo Canavese, dekat Torino. Ia meraih Medal of Honor atas aksinya dalam Perang Saudara Amerika.
| Luigi Palma di Cesnola | |
|---|---|
 Cesnola pada sekitar tahun 1900 | |
| Lahir | 29 Juli 1832 Rivarolo Canavese, Italia |
| Meninggal | 20 November 1904 (umur 72) New York City |
| Tempat pemakaman | Kensico Cemetery Valhalla, New York |
| Pengabdian |  Kerajaan Sardinia Britania Raya Amerika Serikat |
| Dinas/cabang | Angkatan Darat Sardinia British Army Angkatan Darat Amerika SerikatUnion Army |
| Lama dinas | 1849–1854 (Sardinia) 1854–1856 (Britania Raya) 1862–1865 (Amerika Serikat) |
| Pangkat |  Kolonel (Amerika Serikat) |
| Kesatuan |  4th New York Volunteer Cavalry Regiment |
| Komandan | 4th New York Volunteer Cavalry Regiment |
| Perang/pertempuran | Perang Kemerdekaan Italia Pertama Perang Krimea Perang Saudara Amerika |
| Penghargaan | Medal of Honor |
Referensi
sunting- Giuseppe Giacosa, Impressioni d'America (Milano: Cogliati, 1898; 2nd ed. 1902)
- Gioachino Toesca di Castellazzo, Commemorazione del generale Luigi Palma di Cesnola (Torino: Cassone, 1905)
- Hunt, Roger D. and Jack R. Brown, Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue. Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990. ISBN 1-56013-002-4.
- Mcfadden, Elizabeth. The Glitter and the Gold: A Spirited Account of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's First Director, the Audacious and High-Handed Luigi Palma di Cesnola New York: Dial Press, 1971.
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cesnola, Luigi Palma di". Encyclopædia Britannica (edisi ke-11). Cambridge University Press.- Robert Cole. "A Cavalryman First." In They Made It in America (New York: Morrow, 1993) 12–15.
- Aldo E. Salerno. "Luigi Palma di Cesnola." In The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia, ed. Salvatore J. LaGumina (New York: Garland, 2000), p. 106
- Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- Maria Luisa Moncassoli Tibone. "Dal Piemonte a Cipro, a New York: un’avventura appassionante". In Catalogo della mostra "Luigi Palma di Cesnola. Le gesta di un Piemontese dagli scavi di Cipro al Metropolitan Museum." – Palazzo Lascaris, 12 novembre – 11 dicembre 2004 (Torino, 2004), pp. 9–19 Online edition
- Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, ed. (1891). "Cesnola, Luigi Palma di". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
Bacaan tambahan
sunting- Hermary, Antoine & Mertens, Joan R. (2014). The Cesnola collection of Cypriot art: stone sculpture. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 9780300206715.
Pranala luar
sunting- Digitized Guides to the Cesnola Collection from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries
- Luigi Palma di Cesnola collection, 1861-1950s (bulk, 1861-1904) in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives
- The Papers of Luigi Cesnola at Dartmouth College Library