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Born February 3, 1883 • Italy
Died December 8, 1959 (aged 76) • Rome • Italy
Subjects Of Study comparative religion
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Max Müller
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William Robertson Smith
William Robertson Smith
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Joachim Wach
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Söderblom, oil painting by E. Haag-Bolin, 1933; in the Svenska Porträttarkivet, Stockholm
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Károly Kerényi
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Ercole II
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Giovanni Battista Pirelli
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Francesco da Sangallo
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Guido da Polenta
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