Osvaldo Gnocchi Viani
Osvaldo GnocchiViani was an Italian journalist and a member of the First International. Later he entered mainstream democratic politics as a Socialist. He is known for his work in introducing chambers of labor into Italy.
Osvaldo GnocchiViani was born in Ostiglia, Mantua, Italy on August 26, 1837. His parents were Giuseppe Gnocchi and Teresa Viani. He attended secondary school in Mantua, then was admitted to the faculty of law at the University of Padua. In 1859 he joined Giuseppe Mazzinis movement for Italian unification. He was prosecuted for taking part in an antiAustrian demonstration and took refuge in Pavia, where he obtained a degree in law in March 1861.
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