Gasparinus de Bergamo
1360
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1431
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
languages spoken, written or signed: Latin
educated at: University of Pavia
occupation: linguist
student of: Giovanni Travesi
Gasparino Barzizza (in French, Gasparin de Bergame; in Latin, Gasparinus Barzizius Bergomensis or Pergamensis) (c. 1360 – 1431) was an Italian grammarian and teacher noted for introducing a new style of epistolary Latin inspired by the works of Cicero.With Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder, he was influential in the development of humanism at Padua. As one of the first Italian Humanists, he taught rhetoric, grammar, and moral philosophy with the aim of reviving Latin literature. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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