Filippo Mazzei, Italian-American physician and philosopher (born 1730)

Philip Mazzei

Italian physician, winemaker, philosopher, diplomat and author

Philip Mazzei, originally Filippo Mazzei, and sometimes erroneously cited as Philip Mazzie, was an Italian physician, philosopher, diplomat, winemaker, merchant, and author. A close friend of Thomas Jefferson, he was a strong supporter of the American Revolution and the American…