Luigi Palma di Cesnola

Luigi Palma di Cesnola (29 Juli 1832 – 20 November 1904 ), adalah seorang prajurit, diplomat dan arkeolog amatir Italia-Amerika, yang lahir di Rivarolo Canavese, dekat Torino. Ia meraih Medal of Honor atas aksinya dalam Perang Saudara Amerika.

Luigi Palma di Cesnola
Cesnola pada sekitar tahun 1900
Lahir	(1832-07-29)29 Juli 1832 Rivarolo Canavese, Italia
Meninggal	20 November 1904(1904-11-20) (umur 72) New York City
Tempat pemakaman	Kensico Cemetery Valhalla, New York
Pengabdian	Kerajaan Sardinia  Britania Raya Amerika Serikat
Dinas/cabang	Angkatan Darat Sardinia  British Army  Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat Union Army
Lama dinas	1849–1854 (Sardinia) 1854–1856 (Britania Raya) 1862–1865 (Amerika Serikat)
Pangkat	Kolonel (Amerika Serikat)
Kesatuan	4th New York Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Komandan	4th New York Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Perang/pertempuran	Perang Kemerdekaan Italia Pertama Perang Krimea Perang Saudara Amerika
Penghargaan	Medal of Honor

Referensi

• Giuseppe Giacosa, Impressioni d'America (Milano: Cogliati, 1898; 2nd ed. 1902)
• Gioachino Toesca di Castellazzo, Commemorazione del generale Luigi Palma di Cesnola (Torino: Cassone, 1905)
• Hunt, Roger D. and Jack R. Brown, Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue. Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990. ISBN 1-56013-002-4.
• Mcfadden, Elizabeth. The Glitter and the Gold: A Spirited Account of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's First Director, the Audacious and High-Handed Luigi Palma di Cesnola New York: Dial Press, 1971.
•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cesnola, Luigi Palma di". Encyclopædia Britannica (edisi ke-11). Cambridge University Press.
• Robert Cole. "A Cavalryman First." In They Made It in America (New York: Morrow, 1993) 12–15.
• Aldo E. Salerno. "Luigi Palma di Cesnola." In The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia, ed. Salvatore J. LaGumina (New York: Garland, 2000), p. 106
• Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
• Maria Luisa Moncassoli Tibone. "Dal Piemonte a Cipro, a New York: un’avventura appassionante". In Catalogo della mostra "Luigi Palma di Cesnola. Le gesta di un Piemontese dagli scavi di Cipro al Metropolitan Museum." – Palazzo Lascaris, 12 novembre – 11 dicembre 2004 (Torino, 2004), pp. 9–19 Online edition
•  Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, ed. (1891). "Cesnola, Luigi Palma di". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

Bacaan tambahan

• Hermary, Antoine & Mertens, Joan R. (2014). The Cesnola collection of Cypriot art: stone sculpture. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 9780300206715.

Pranala luar

• Digitized Guides to the Cesnola Collection from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries
• Luigi Palma di Cesnola collection, 1861-1950s (bulk, 1861-1904) in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives
• The Papers of Luigi Cesnola at Dartmouth College Library