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Francesco Maria Galasso (7 October 1878 – 1940) was an Italian anarchist, physician and Freemason.

Biography
Galasso was born 7 October 1878 in Cutro, Calabria, Italy to Giovanni and Vittoria Greco Galasso. He studied natural sciences at university in Messina, Sicily graduating in 1901. While in Messina he joined the Italian Socialist Party and contributed to the newspapers La Propaganda, Avanti!, and Il Lavoro. He then lived in Naples where he obtained his medical degree, before moving to Florence to attend the School of Military Health.

In 1912 or 1913 he moved to England to manage a medical practice with his brother. From 1922 to 1924 Galasso contributed to the anti-fascist newspaper Il Comento.

In 1934 Galasso successfully sued the Daily Sketch for libel after the paper had alleged he was conspiring against Mussolini.

In 1936 with Vernon Richards Galasso founded the anarchist newspaper Spain and the World covering the Spanish Civil War.

In 1952 he was jailed for contempt of court for failing to obey a court order regarding the bankruptcy of his wife Caterina, he was released six weeks later.

Galasso died in 1955 aged 77 in Hampstead, London.