Francesco D'Ovidio
# Francesco D'Ovidio

Francesco D'Ovidio (Campobasso, 5 December 1849 – Naples, 24 November 1925) was an Italian philologist and literary critic. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.

## Biography

He was educated at Pisa and Naples. In 1870 he became professor of Romance philology at the University of Naples.

## Works

His thorough scholarship and keen criticism are shown in a large number of works, of which the following are the most noteworthy:

* Dell' origine dell' unica forma flessionale del nome italiano (1872)
* Il vocalismo tonico italiano (1878)
* Storia della letteratura latina (1879)
* Il Tasso e la Lucrezia Bendidio-Machiavelli (1882)
