Giovanni Malpaghini

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Born1346
Died1417
Occupation(s)rhetorician, grammarian, author
FieldsClassics
Giovanni Malpaghini
Born1346
Died1417
Occupation(s)rhetorician, grammarian, author
Scientific career
FieldsClassics

Giovanni Malpaghini (1346 – 1417) was an Italian grammarian and rhetorician.

Education

He was born in 1346 in Ravenna, Italy and died in 1417 in Italy.[1]

In 1363, he arrived in Venice to become a student of Donato Albanzani, from whom he learned rhetoric and grammar.[2]

Career

He began his career very young as copyist for Petrarch, helping him to transcribe and order his letters and the Canzoniere.[1]

Bibliography

He copied and produced several versions of ancient Latin manuscripts:[2]

See also

References

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