Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Botta, Carlo Giuseppe Guglielmo, historian, was born in 1766 in Piedmont. Studying medicine, he entered the French army as a physician in 1794, and in 1799 was appointed by Joubert a member of the provisional government of Piedmont. Though he led an active political life in a stirring period, he wrote several works, the chief being his History of Italy, from 1789 to 1814. He also wrote poems. His death occurred in Paris in 1837.