Morpurgo () is an Italian surname of Jewish origin. Originally ''Marpurg'', from the
Styrian city Marburg an der Drau (today
Maribor
Maribor ( , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is the seat of the ...
in
Slovenia
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). Key ancestor was Moises Jacob, father of Petachia, in
Bad Radkersburg
Bad Radkersburg (; ; archaic Divald, Kornél. 1931. ''Old Hungarian Art''. London: Oxford University Press, p. 117.) is a spa town in the southeast of the Austrian States of Austria, state of Styria, in the Districts of Austria, district of Südo ...
, Austria. Petachia (1355–1460) had three sons who died in Maribor. Their subsequent multinational progeny took the surnames Maribor, Marburg, Marpurg, Morpurgo, Marlborough, Murphy.
''Morpurgo'' may refer to:
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Alfred Morpurgo (1899–1973), Surinamese politician and journalist
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Anna Morpurgo Davies
Anna Elbina Morpurgo Davies (21 June 1937 – 27 September 2014) was an Italian philologist who specialised in comparative Indo-European linguistics. She spent her career at Oxford University, where she was the Professor of Comparative Philolo ...
(1937–2014), Italian linguist at Oxford University.
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Clare Morpurgo, wife of Michael Morpurgo.
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Elio Morpurgo (1858–1944), Italian politician.
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Israel Isserlein (1380–1460) son of Petachia, had two sons, Aaron (1420–1490) and Keshel.
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Lisa Morpurgo (Dordoni) (1923–1998), Italian writer and astrologer.
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Michael Morpurgo
Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo ('' né'' Bridge; 5 October 1943) is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as '' War Horse'' (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytelli ...
(born 1943), English writer, especially of children's novels.
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Rachel Luzzatto Morpurgo (1790–1871), Jewish-Italian poet.
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Samson (ben Joshua Moses) Morpurgo (1681–1740), Italian rabbi, physician and liturgist.
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Tina Morpurgo (1907–1944), Croatian painter.
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Uberto De Morpurgo
Uberto De Morpurgo (11 January 1896 – 26 February 1961) was an Italian tennis player.
Uberto De Morpurgo was born in Trieste when it was part of Austria, but became an Italian citizen when the city changed hands after World War I. His world ...
(1896– 1961), Italian tennis player.
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Vid Morpurgo
Vid Morpurgo (1838–1911) was a Dalmatian industrialist, publisher, politician and member of a notable Split family Morpurgo.
Early years and family
Morpurgo was born on 7 May 1838 in Split, Dalmatia to a well-known Jewish family of David-Elij ...
(1838–1911), Croatian industrialist, publisher and politician.
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Vittorio Ballio Morpurgo
Vittorio Ballio Morpurgo (1890 in Rome – 1966 in Rome) was an Italian architecture, Italian architect. He was a prominent representative of Rationalism (architecture), Italian Rationalist architecture of the 1930s.
References
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(1890–1966), Italian architect.
''Morpurgo'' may also refer to
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5521 Morpurgo, an asteroid
* Palazzo Morpurgo, a palace in
Udine
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Surnames of Jewish origin
Italian-language surnames
Toponymic surnames
Jewish Italian history
Maribor