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DANDOLO, VINCENZO, COUNT (1758-1819) , Italian chemist and agriculturist, was born at Venice, of good family, though not of the same house
Napoleon
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Milan , where he was made member of the great
Dandolo retired to Paris, where, in the same year, he published his treatise Les Hommes nouveaux, ou moyen d'operer une regeneration nouvelle. But he soon after returned to the neighbourhood of Milan , to devote himself to scientific agriculture. In 18os Napoleon
governor of Dalmatia, with the title of provediteur general, in which position Dandolo distinguished himself by his efforts to remove the wretchedness and idleness of the people, and to improve the country by draining the pestilential marshes and introducing better methods of agriculture. When, in 1809, Dalmatia was re-annexed to the Illyrian provinces, Dandolo returned to Venice, having received as his reward from the French emperor the title of count and several other distinctions. He died in his native city on the 13th of December 1819.Dandolo published in Italian several treatises on agriculture, vine-cultivation, and the rearing of cattle and sheep; a work
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quarter of the 18th century (published 1796); and translations of several of the best French works on chemistry. End of Article: DANDOLO, VINCENZO, COUNT (1758-1819) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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