Mazzoni, Jacopo, 1548-1598

LC control no.	n 83071193
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Personal name heading	Mazzoni, Jacopo, 1548-1598 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Mazzoni, Giacomo, 1548-1598 Mazzoni, Giacopo, 1548-1598 Mazzoni, Iacopo, 1548-1598 Mazzonius, Jacobus, 1548-1598
Associated country	Italy
Associated place	Bologna (Italy) Pisa (Italy) Padua (Italy) Rome (Italy) Paris (France)
Birth date	1548-11-27
Death date	1598-04-10
Place of birth	Cesena (Italy)
Place of death	Ferrara (Italy)
Field of activity	Philosophy Jurisprudence Language and languages Philology
Affiliation	Università di Padova Accademia della Crusca
Profession or occupation	University and college faculty members
Found in	His Discorso in difesa della "Commedia" del ... Dante, a cura di ... 1898. Mazzoni, Jacopo. Della difesa della Comedia di Dante, 1688: title page (di M. Iacopo Mazzoni) Wikipedia, March 5, 2020 (Jacopo Mazzoni (Latinized as Jacobus Mazzonius) (27 November 1548-10 April 1598) was an Italian philosopher, a professor in Pisa, and friend of Galileo Galilei. His first name is sometimes reported as "Giacomo". Giacopo (Jacopo) Mazzoni was born in Cesena, Italy in 1548. Educated in Bologna in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, rhetoric, and poetics, Mazzoni later attended the University of Padua in 1563 where he studied philosophy and jurisprudence. One of the most eminent savants of the period, Mazzoni was reported to have an excellent memory, which made him adept at recalling passages from Dante, Lucretius, Virgil, and others in his regular debates with prominent public figures. Later in life, Mazzoni would teach at universities in Rome, Paris, and Cesena, and was partly responsible for the establishment of the Della Crusca Academy. He was an authority on ancient languages and philology, and gave a great impetus to the scientific study of the Italian language. Mazzoni died in Ferrara, Italy, in 1598)