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Domenico Angelo

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Italian fencer

WritersLived 1716 to 1802 · aged 86
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Domenico Angelo, was an Italian sword and fencing master who became the celebrated swordsman of mid-eighteenth English society. He earned fame not only with his brilliant skills as a swordsman but also because of his famous fencing school in Soho Square, London. He was also the founder of the Angelo Family of fencers.

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Domenico Angelo, was an Italian sword and fencing master who became the celebrated swordsman of mid-eighteenth English society. He earned fame not only with his brilliant skills as a swordsman but also because of his famous fencing school in Soho Square, London. He was also the founder of the Angelo Family of fencers. He has been praised as "the first to emphasize fencing as a means of developing health, poise, and grace. As a result of his insight and influence, fencing changed from an art of war to a sport."

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Lived 1716 to 1802 · aged 86
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