Giovanni Aurispa Piciunerio was an Italian historian and savant of the 15th century. He is remembered in particular as a promoter of the revival of the study of Greek in Italy. It is to Aurispa that the world is indebted for preserving the greater part of our knowledge of the Greek classics.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1376 to 1459 · aged 83
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14 languages
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