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Poggio Bracciolini
Italian scholar, writer and humanist (1380–1459)
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| Born | Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini 11 February 1380 Terranuova, Republic of Florence |
| Died | 30 October 1459(1459-10-30) (aged 79) Florence, Republic of Florence |
| Occupation | Papal Secretary |
| Children | 5 sons and a daughter |
Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (Italian:[dʒaɱfranˈtʃeskoˈpɔddʒobrattʃoˈliːni]; 11 February 1380[2] – 30 October 1459), usually referred to simply as Poggio Bracciolini, was an Italian scholar and an early Renaissance humanist.
He is noted for rediscovering and recovering many classicalLatin manuscripts, mostly decaying and forgotten in German, Swiss, and French monastic libraries. His most celebrated finds are De rerum natura, the only surviving work by Lucretius, De architectura by Vitruvius, lost orations by Cicero such as Pro Sexto Roscio, Quintilian's Institutio O