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Barberini, Francesco

(Encyclopedia)Barberini, Francesco fränchāsˈkō bärbārēˈnē [key], 1597–1679, Italian prelate and Orientalist, a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the nephew of Urban VIII. He was a founder of the ...

De Sanctis, Francesco

(Encyclopedia)De Sanctis, Francesco fränchāsˈkō dā sängkˈtēs [key], 1817–83, Italian historian and literary critic. He was one of the founders of modern Italian literary criticism. He suffered imprisonmen...

Grazzini, Antonio Francesco

(Encyclopedia)Grazzini, Antonio Francesco äntôˈnyō fränchāˈskō grät-tsēˈnē [key], 1503–84, Italian author, one of the founders of the Accademia della Crusca (1550). He was an apothecary by trade. As a...

Grimaldi, Francesco Maria

(Encyclopedia)Grimaldi, Francesco Maria fränchāsˈkō märēˈä grēmälˈdē [key], 1618?–1663, Italian physicist and mathematician. A Jesuit and professor at Bologna, he studied in detail and named the dark ...

Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco

(Encyclopedia)Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco fränchāsˈkō grēmälˈdē [key], 1606–80, Italian painter and architect, called Il Bolognese. He was a pupil of the Carracci and of Francesco Albani. With the excep...

Giorgio, Francesco di

(Encyclopedia)Giorgio, Francesco di (Francesco di Giorgio Martini) fränchāsˈkō dē jôrˈjō [key], 1439–1502, also called Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Italian engineer, architect, painter, and sculptor, b. ...

Guerrazzi, Francesco Domenico

(Encyclopedia)Guerrazzi, Francesco Domenico fränchāsˈkō dō-māˈnēkō gwār-rätˈtsē [key], 1804–73, Italian patriot and writer, b. Livorno. A radical republican and nationalist, he was repeatedly impriso...

Nitti, Francesco Saverio

(Encyclopedia)Nitti, Francesco Saverio fränchāsˈkō sävāˈrēō nētˈtē [key], 1868–1953, Italian premier and economist. A professor of economics at the Univ. of Naples, he entered parliament in 1904 and w...

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