Domenico Alberto Azuni
Domenico Alberto, chevalier Azuni (3 August 174923 January 1827) was a Sardinian jurist.
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Domenico Alberto Azuni

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- Name
- Domenico Alberto Azuni
- Born
- 3 August 1749
- Birthplace
- Sassari
- Died
- 23 January 1827
- Place of death
- Cagliari
- Occupation
- jurist, magistrate
- Nationality
- France · Kingdom of Sardinia
- Education
- University of Sassari
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour · Knight in the order of the Reunion
- Languages
- French · Italian
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Biography
Domenico Alberto Azuni studied at University of Sassari. The recorded working language is French and Italian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Positions recorded include member of the French National Assembly. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour and Knight in the order of the Reunion.

Dal Dizionario biografico degli uomini illustri di Sardegna di Pasquale Tola, 1837
Dizionario biografico degli uomini illustri di Sardegna, Pasquale Tola, 1837
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• Name — Domenico Alberto Azuni • Born — 3 August 1749 • Birthplace — Sassari • Died — 23 January 1827 • Place of death — Cagliari • Occupation — jurist, magistrate
Biography
Biography
• Illustration — Azuni Square and statue in Sassari He was born at Sassari, in Sardinia. He studied law at Sassari and Turin. He was influenced by Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre. In 1782, he was made judge of the consulate at Nice. In 1786-1788, he published his Dizionario Universale Ragionato della Giurisprudenza Mercantile. In 1795, appeared his systematic work on the maritime law of Europe, Sistema Universale dei Principii del Diritto Maritimo deli Europa, which he afterwards recast and translated into French. In 1806, he was appointed one of the French commission engaged in drawing up a general code of commercial law, and in the following year he proceeded to Genoa as president of the court of appeal. Azuni also wrote numerous pamphlets and minor works, chiefly on maritime law, an important treatise on the origin and progress of maritime law (Paris, 1810), and an historical, geographical and political account of Sardinia (1799, enlarged 1802). After the fall of Napoleon in 1814, Azuni lived for a time in retirement at Genoa, until he was invited to Sardinia by Victor Emmanuel I, and appointed judge of the consulate at Cagliari, and director of the university library. He died at Cagliari in 1827.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Dominique Albert Azuni, D. Azuni and Dominico Alberto Azuni. His recorded languages were French and Italian.
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Career and activity
Recorded position is member of the French National Assembly. He belonged to Academy of Sciences of Turin and Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony. He worked at Paris.
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1749
Domenico Alberto Azuni born at Sassari.
1827
Domenico Alberto Azuni died at Cagliari.
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- 1.Dissertation sur l'origine de la boussole. H. Nicolle, Librairie Stéréotype. 1809.
- 2.[http://www.euraldic.com/txt_bs1869_ordreun.html Source : Armorial des Chevaliers de l'Ordre Impérial de la Réunion créés par Napoléon Ier en 1813 et 1814 - par M. Alcide Georgel - 1869. Texte téléchargé depuis le site de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France.]
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