biography
| name: |
Algarotti, Francesco
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pronunciation:
[algarotee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1712–64)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Venice, Veneto, NE Italy. He was an enthusiastic traveller, a friend of Voltaire, and an adviser to Prussian King Frederick II. A prolific writer, he wrote on literary (Saggio sopra l'opera in musica, 1755) and scientific subjects, such as Newton's theory Newtonianismo per le dame (1737), which was expanded and republished as Dialoghi sopra l'ottica newtoniana (1752). His essays were responsible for introducing this genre into Italy. |
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