CORSINI, EDOARDO. — Piarist, born in Fanano, in the locality of Felicarolo, on 4 October 1702; died in Pisa on 30 November 1765. An illustrious polymath, he was one of the most learned men of his time, held in high esteem by Pope Benedict XIV. At a very young age he was appointed to the chair of logic and eloquence at the University of Pisa, and
published in Latin a highly regarded course in philosophy.
He was also an eminent Hellenist and archaeologist, and among his works the Fasti attici, the Dissertazioni agonistiche, the Notae Graecorum, etc., became famous, as did the Series praefectorum Urbis, which earned him no small amount of criticism. From 1754 to 1760 he lived in Rome as superior general of the Order, subsequently returning to his studies at the University of Pisa.
Scriptores Scholarum Piarum, I, Roma 1900; V. Viti, Lo scolopio E. C., del secolo XVIII, Firenze 1933. Leodegario Picanvol