Vincenzo Porri
Vincenzo Porri was born on 20 July 1889 in Piacenza. As a pupil of Luigi Einaudi, Giuseppe Prato, Attilio Cabiati, Gioele Solari, Pasquale Jannaccone and Achille Loria at the Faculty of Law of the University of Turin, he graduated in 1913.
After attending numerous universities, including London, as well as learning the language of the 'holy fathers' of economics, he delved into international monetary, banking and financial studies and, at Prato's suggestion, into the English agrarian question. Back in Italy he became a collaborator of Einaudi and Prato.
From 1916 to 1919 Porri was engaged at war, but did not abandon his study and writing activities. A short winter leave allowed him, as early as 1918, to begin teaching political economy in Turin. In 1923 he was appointed extraordinary professor of political economy at the Regio Istituto superiore di studi economici e commerciali in Turin; in 1928 he succeeded Prato in the chair of political economy.
The strong bond between Einaudi and Prato is testified by their intense correspondence, starting in 1913-14, that continued almost uninterrupted until the death of the economist from Piacenza. Admiration, gratitude and affection for Einaudi, with whom the young Porri had attended the courses of Finance Science in the years 1909-10 and 1911-12 'in the small dark classroom towards Via Vasco', are tirelessly reiterated in every letter.
Porri died on 2 May 1934, on his return from a trip to London.
