Mikiel Anton Vassalli | |
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Born | Żebbuġ, Hospitaller Malta | 5 March 1764
Died | 12 January 1829 Crown Colony of Malta | (aged 64)
Occupation | lexicographer, writer, freedom fighter |
Nationality | Maltese |
Mikiel Anton Vassalli (5 March 1764 – 12 January 1829) was a Maltese writer, a philosopher, and a linguist who published important Maltese language books, including a Maltese-Italian dictionary, a Maltese grammar book, the first Protestant Gospels in Maltese, and towards the end of his life, a book on Maltese proverbs.[1]