Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, usually referred to simply as Poggio Bracciolini, was an Italian scholar and an early Renaissance humanist. He is noted for rediscovering and recovering many classical Latin manuscripts, mostly decaying and... Wikipedia
Born: February 11, 1380, Terranuova Bracciolini, Italy
Died: October 30, 1459 (age 79 years), Florence, Italy
Place of burial: Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, Florence, Italy
Parents: Jacoba Frutti and Guccio Bracciolini
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