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16th-century Italian male writers

  • Galileo GalileiIn the year 1564, a boy named Galileo was born in Pisa to Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia Ammannati. His father worked as a lutenist and music theorist who…
  • Niccolò MachiavelliNiccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli entered the world on the 3rd of May 1469 in Florence, Italy. He was the third child and first son of attorney Bernardo di…
  • Luca PacioliLuca Bartolomeo de Pacioli arrived in the Tuscan town of Sansepolcro between 1446 and 1448. He grew up living with the Befolci family while his father…
  • Marino Sanuto the YoungerMarino Sanuto the Younger entered the world on the 22nd of May 1466. He was born into a patrician family of Venice with important wealth.
  • Giorgio VasariGiorgio Vasari arrived into the world prematurely on the 30th of July 1511 in Arezzo, Tuscany. His early years were marked by a recommendation from his…