# Anthony Panizzi (@antonio-panizzi)

Sir Antonio Genesio Maria Panizzi (16 September 1797 – 8 April 1879), better known as Anthony Panizzi, was a naturalised British citizen of Italian birth, and an Italian patriot. He was a librarian, becoming the Principal Librarian (i.e. head) of the British Museum from 1856 to 1866.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Anthony Panizzi's public record._

## Topics

- [Evidence and Limits](/@antonio-panizzi/evidence-and-limits.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Anthony Panizzi: Identity and Records](/@antonio-panizzi/anthony-panizzi-identity-and-records.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Anthony Panizzi: librarianship Evidence](/@antonio-panizzi/anthony-panizzi-librarianship-evidence.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Anthony Panizzi: Research Boundaries](/@antonio-panizzi/anthony-panizzi-research-boundaries.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Documented Work](/@antonio-panizzi/documented-work.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Field and Context](/@antonio-panizzi/field-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://id.loc.gov/search/?q=Anthony%20Panizzi&q=cs%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fid.loc.gov%2Fauthorities%2Fnames
- blog: https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=Anthony%20Panizzi
- blog: https://www.si.edu/search?edan_q=Anthony%20Panizzi

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "antonio-panizzi", "question": "…"}`.