Dino Bigongiari (March 22, 1879 – September 5, 1965) was an Italian-American medievalist and Dante expert.
He came to the United States at a young age and attended public schools in Brooklyn.
[2] He took a leave of absence from Columbia and served in the Italian Army during World War I as a mounted artillery officer.
Nevertheless, he gained prominence in academic circles and was respected for his work on Dante, Plutarch, Augustine of Hippo, and Thomas Aquinas, which were published in a 1964 essay collection.
[5] His cousin, Gino Bigongiari, was also a professor at Columbia University and a scholar on Dante.