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Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian linguist, poet, and playwright (died 1550)

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Gian Giorgio Trissino

Venetian humanist, poet, dramatist, diplomat, linguist and philosopher (1478–1550)

Gian Giorgio Trissino, also called Giovan Giorgio Trissino and self-styled as Giovan Giωrgio Trissino, was a Venetian Renaissance humanist, poet, dramatist, diplomat, grammarian, linguist, and philosopher. He first proposed adding letters to the Italian alphabet to distinguish J…
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July 8

Day of the year

July 8 is the 189th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 176 days remain until the end of the year.
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