Giamatti, Valentine John

1911 - 1982  (71 years)

• Name	Giamatti, Valentine John  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Birth	9 Feb 1911	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA   [2, 3, 5, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Between 1920 and 1935	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  Residence	1937	Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, USA
  Residence	1940	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  Immigration	1948	New York, New York, USA
  Residence	1950	Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
  Death	17 Mar 1982	Bonita Springs, Lee, Florida, USA
  	20251203GHLn- ScottCGilchrist originally shared this on 19 Oct 2016 Valentine John Giamatti Linked to Valentine John GIAMATTI ______ 20251203GHLn- obit, not downloaded: Image TranscriptBeta Valentine Giamatti, 71, Dies; Was Leading Dante Scholar Associated Press SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. - Valentine Giamatti, a retired professor of Italian at Mount Holyoke College and the father of Yale University President Richard Giamatti, is dead at the age of 71. Giamatti died Wednesday while on vacation in Bonita Springs, Fla., Mount Holyoke College spokeswoman Irmina M. Kowalski said. Autopsy exam- | nents were incomplete Thursday, she said. Giamatti, a scholar on the life and works of Dante Alighieri, was a member of the Dante Society of Florence, Italy, and a delegate to the 700th anniversary of the birth of Dante, celebrated in Florence, Verona and Ravenna. He collected and donated approximately 2,000 in 29 different lan- guages, dating to the year 1481, of Dante's "The Divine Comedy" and donated the collection to Mount Holyoke. His son, A. Bartlett, is curator of the collection. Giamatti was born Feb. 9, 1911, in New Haven and was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Yale in 1932. He studied there as a recipient of the Sterling Memorial Scholarship. He did graduate work as a Bidwell-Foeet Fellow at Yale, advanced studies at the University of Perugia and the University of Florence, and received a doctorate in 1940 from Harvard University. He also received a doctor of letters from the University of Florence. He later studied there again and at the University of Rome and in several Etruscan towns. Giamatti joined the faculty at Mount Holyoke, the nation's oldest private women's college, in 1940 and became dean of the college in 1965, in his 33-year teaching career at the campus in the Connecticut Valley. He also leaves his wife, Mary Walton Giamatti; a son, Dino, owner of the Atlantic House Hotel in Scarborough, Maine; a daughter, Elria Ewing of Vienna, Va.; and nine grandchildren. age 71, while on vacation
  biography	Aft 17 Mar 1982	South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
  	Valentine Giamatti, a leading Dante scholar, retired professor of Italian at Mount Holyoke College and the father of Yale University President Richard Giamatti, is dead at the age of 71.
  	20251203GHLn- ScottCGilchrist originally shared this on 19 Oct 2016 Valentine John Giamatti Linked to Valentine John GIAMATTI ______ 20251203GHLn- obit, not downloaded: Image TranscriptBeta Valentine Giamatti, 71, Dies; Was Leading Dante Scholar Associated Press SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. - Valentine Giamatti, a retired professor of Italian at Mount Holyoke College and the father of Yale University President Richard Giamatti, is dead at the age of 71. Giamatti died Wednesday while on vacation in Bonita Springs, Fla., Mount Holyoke College spokeswoman Irmina M. Kowalski said. Autopsy exam- | nents were incomplete Thursday, she said. Giamatti, a scholar on the life and works of Dante Alighieri, was a member of the Dante Society of Florence, Italy, and a delegate to the 700th anniversary of the birth of Dante, celebrated in Florence, Verona and Ravenna. He collected and donated approximately 2,000 in 29 different lan- guages, dating to the year 1481, of Dante's "The Divine Comedy" and donated the collection to Mount Holyoke. His son, A. Bartlett, is curator of the collection. Giamatti was born Feb. 9, 1911, in New Haven and was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Yale in 1932. He studied there as a recipient of the Sterling Memorial Scholarship. He did graduate work as a Bidwell-Foeet Fellow at Yale, advanced studies at the University of Perugia and the University of Florence, and received a doctorate in 1940 from Harvard University. He also received a doctor of letters from the University of Florence. He later studied there again and at the University of Rome and in several Etruscan towns. Giamatti joined the faculty at Mount Holyoke, the nation's oldest private women's college, in 1940 and became dean of the college in 1965, in his 33-year teaching career at the campus in the Connecticut Valley. He also leaves his wife, Mary Walton Giamatti; a son, Dino, owner of the Atlantic House Hotel in Scarborough, Maine; a daughter, Elria Ewing of Vienna, Va.; and nine grandchildren.
  FSID	9V39-24R  [14]
  Name	John Valentine Giamatti
  Person ID	I111168	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Giamattei, Angelo Raffaelle,   b. 3 Sep 1882, San Lorenzello, Benevento, Campania, Italy d. 12 Aug 1943, Connecticut, USA (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lavorgna, Maria Garzia Luigia,   b. 29 Jul 1883, San Lorenzello, Benevento, Campania, Italy d. 28 Apr 1940, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	14 Apr 1904	San Lorenzello, Benevento, Campania, Italy
  Family ID	F62851	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Walton, Marion Claybaugh,   b. 24 Mar 1914, Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 24 Jun 2006, Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1937	Maine, USA
  	20251202GHLn- von FamousKin Marriages for Mary Claybaugh Walton Spouse: Valentine John Giamatti 3 Jul 1937 Maine Spouse: Edward Philbrook Clancy 4 Jan 1988 Collier County, Florida https://famouskin.com/family-group.php?name=124371+mary+claybaugh+walton&ahnum=1
  Children	1. Giamatti, Angelo Bartlett,   b. 4 Apr 1938, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 Sep 1989, West Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Giamatti, Elena Maria,   b. 19 Jun 1940, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 15 Apr 2021, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Giamatti, D.W.
  Family ID	F62803	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 9 Feb 1911 - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Residence - Between 1920 and 1935 - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Residence - 1937 - Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, USA Marriage - 3 Jul 1937 - Maine, USA Residence - 1940 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Immigration - 1948 - New York, New York, USA Residence - 1950 - Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Death - 17 Mar 1982 - Bonita Springs, Lee, Florida, USA biography - Valentine Giamatti, a leading Dante scholar, retired professor of Italian at Mount Holyoke College and the father of Yale University President Richard Giamatti, is dead at the age of 71. - Aft 17 Mar 1982 - South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Giamatti, Valentine John 1911-1982 anc_ 20251203GHLn- ScottCGilchrist originally shared this on 19 Oct 2016 Valentine John Giamatti Linked to Valentine John GIAMATTI ______ 20251203GHLn- obit, not downloaded: Image TranscriptBeta Valentine Giamatti, 71, Dies; Was Leading Dante Scholar Associated Press SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. - Valentine Giamatti, a retired professor of Italian at Mount…

  
  

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TNG ID: I111168

FSID: 9V39-24R