title: Francesco D'Ovidio
text: # Francesco D'Ovidio
  
  Francesco D'Ovidio (Campobasso, 5 December 1849 – Naples, 24 November 1925) was an Italian philologist and literary critic. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.
  
  ## Biography
  
  He was educated at Pisa and Naples. In 1870 he became professor of Romance philology at the University of Naples.
  
  ## Works
  
  His thorough scholarship and keen criticism are shown in a large number of works, of which the following are the most noteworthy:
  
  * Dell' origine dell' unica forma flessionale del nome italiano (1872)
  * Il vocalismo tonico italiano (1878)
  * Storia della letteratura latina (1879)
  * Il Tasso e la Lucrezia Bendidio-Machiavelli (1882)
  