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Politian, Angelo

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Eminent Italian scholar, born in Tuscany; was patronised by Lorenzo de' Medici, was made professor of Greek and Latin at the university of Florence, his fame in which capacity drew to his class students from all parts of Europe; he did much to forward the Renaissance movement, and was distinguished as a poet no less than as a scholar; he became a priest towards the close of his life (1454-1494).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Politian, Angelo'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/politian-angelo.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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