Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis, Maltese linguist, historian and cleric (born 1712)

Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis

Maltese lawyer, historian, and linguist (1712–1770)

Canon Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis, often called de Soldanis, was a Maltese linguist, historian and cleric from the island of Gozo. He wrote the first lexicon and systematic grammar of the Maltese language, and he was the first librarian of the Bibliotheca…