WritersBorn July 20, 1304

Petrarch

Italian scholar and poet

Born
July 20, 1304
Died
July 18, 1374 (aged 69)
Known as
philosopher, poet, translator, lyricist, writer, mountaineer

Francis Petrarch was an Italian scholar and poet of the early Italian Renaissance, as well as one of the earliest Renaissance humanists.

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