Sergio Noja Noseda - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Sergio Noja Noseda was born on July 7, 1931, in Pola

Pula

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from an Italian

Italy

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family of aristocratic origins, with roots in the ancient Spain

Spain

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Life

Son of Ugo Noja and Rina Noja Amabile, descending from an ancient family of aristocratic origins coming from Spain

Spain

in the 16th century which eventually settled in Italy

Italy

. After the High School he attended the Bocconi University

Bocconi University

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in Milan where he graduated in Economics

Economics

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. During this period he also served as president of the "Società della Taula" (The Bocconi University Senior Society). The choice of the faculty, apparently far from his interests, was anyway not accidental or casual. In fact Noja Noseda was an extraordinary personality of scholar, who always had at the same time a serious and deep interest for oriental studies combined with a brilliant career in the private company which will carry him till to the rank of director general of Philips

Philips

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Italia.
Having always been interested in oriental languages since he was very young, he was, mainly at the beginning, directed and taught by Monsignor Giovanni Galbiati in the studying of Arabic language. Having been firstly called at the University of Turin as a professor of Islamic law, he later became, because of clear fame, professor of Arabic language and literature, at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore is a privately-owned Catholic university founded in 1921 by Agostino Gemelli. Its main campus is located in Milan, Italy with satellite campuses in Brescia, Piacenza, Cremona, Rome, and Campobasso...

of Milan where he maintained the chair in Arabic language and literature for more than twenty years.

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