| Birth Date: | 5 December 1849 |
| Birth Place: | Campobasso, Italy |
| Death Date: | 24 November 1925 |
| Death Place: | Naples, Italy |
| Discipline: | philology literary criticism |
| Workplaces: | University of Naples |
| Sub Discipline: | Romance philology |
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.[1]
He was educated at Pisa and Naples. In 1870 he became professor of Romance philology at the University of Naples.
His thorough scholarship and keen criticism are shown in a large number of works, of which the following are the most noteworthy:
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