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Francesco Algarotti
Count Francesco Algarotti was an Italian polymath, active as a philosopher, writer, anglophile, art critic and art collector. He was a man of broad knowledge, an expert in Newtonianism, architecture and opera. He was a friend of Frederick the Great and leading authors of his times: Voltaire, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Pierre-Louis de Maupertuis and the atheist Julien Offray de La Me…
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Born 11 December 1712 · Died 3 May 1764 · Q439081
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MutualArt.com: Francesco Algarotti
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2011· 1 entry
La Nazione: Francesco Algarotti e le sue 'notti bollenti' nel poema di Federico II
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1782· 1 entry
“Letters military and political”
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Died 1764-05-03.
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Born 1712-12-11.
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