in the same period, crispi became a close friend of the poet and doctor vincenzo navarro, whose friendship marked his initiation to the romanticism. in 1835 he studied law and literature at the university of palermo receiving a law degree in 1837; in the same year he fell in love with rosina d'angelo, the daughter of a goldsmith. despite his father's ban, crispi married rosina in 1837, when she was already pregnant. in may crispi became the father of his first daughter, giuseppa, who was named after his grandmother. it was a brief marriage: rosina died on 29 july 1839, the day after giving birth to her second son, tommaso; the child lived only a few hours and in december, also giuseppa died.