Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher, poet, and critic (born 1712)

Francesco Algarotti

Italian polymath (1712–1764)

Count Francesco Algarotti was an Italian polymath, philosopher, poet, essayist, 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:…