Francesco Algarotti
Italian polymath (1712–1764) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Count Francesco Algarotti (11 December 1712 – 3 May 1764) was an Italian polymath, philosopher, poet, essayist, anglophile, art critic and art collector. He was a man of broad knowledge, an expert in Newtonianism, architecture and opera. He was a friend of Frederick the Great and leading authors of his times: Voltaire, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Pierre-Louis de Maupertuis and the atheist Julien Offray de La Mettrie. Lord Chesterfield, Thomas Gray, George Lyttelton, Thomas Hollis, Metastasio, Benedict XIV and Heinrich von Brühl were among his correspondents.[1]
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Francesco Algarotti | |
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Born | 11 December 1712 (1712-12-11) |
Died | 3 May 1764 (1764-05-04) (aged 51) |
Nationality | Venetian |
Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome University of Bologna |
Occupation | Philosopher |
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