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  2. Polymath - Wikipedia

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    The term "Renaissance man" was first recorded in written English in the early 20th century. [10] It is used to refer to great thinkers living before, during, or after the Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination". [11]

  3. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola - Wikipedia

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    Giovanni Pico dei conti della Mirandola e della Concordia (/ ˈ p iː k oʊ ˌ d ɛ l ə m ɪ ˈ r æ n d ə l ə,-ˈ r ɑː n-/ PEE-koh DEL-ə mirr-A(H)N-də-lə; [1] [2] Italian: [dʒoˈvanni ˈpiːko della miˈrandola]; Latin: Johannes Picus de Mirandula; 24 February 1463 – 17 November 1494), known as Pico della Mirandola, was an Italian Renaissance nobleman and philosopher. [3]

  4. Renaissance Man - Wikipedia

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    Renaissance Man may refer to: Polymath, a person in the archetype of the High Renaissance of broad talents and expertise; Renaissance Man, a 1994 comedy-drama film "Renaissance Man" (Star Trek: Voyager), the penultimate episode of the TV series Star Trek: Voyager; Renaissance Man, a 2011 album by Jaimoe's Jasssz Band

  5. Courtesan - Wikipedia

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    In Sarah Dunant's In the Company of the Courtesan, Fiammetta Bianchini, a renowned courtesan of Rome, and her sharp-witted dwarf rise to success among the intrigue and secrets of Renaissance Venice. In the book A Great and Terrible Beauty , Pippa accuses Felicity of having a mother who is a courtesan and a consort, and who ran away to France ...

  6. Leonardo da Vinci - Wikipedia

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    Although he had no formal academic training, [156] many historians and scholars regard Leonardo as the prime exemplar of the "Universal Genius" or "Renaissance Man", an individual of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination." [157] He is widely considered one of the most diversely talented individuals ever to have lived. [158]

  7. Raja Ram Mohan Roy - Wikipedia

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    Ram Mohan Roy was born in Radhanagar, Hooghly District, Bengal Presidency.His great-grandfather Krishnakanta Bandyopadhyay was a Rarhi Kulin (noble) Brahmin.Among Kulin Brahmins – descendants of the five families of Brahmins imported from Kannauj by Ballal Sen in the 12th century as per popular myth – those from the Rarhi district of West Bengal were notorious in the 19th century for ...

  8. Averroes - Wikipedia

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    Ibn Rushd (Arabic: ابن رشد; full name in Arabic: أبو الوليد محمد بن أحمد بن رشد, romanized: Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Rushd; 14 April 1126 – 11 December 1198), often Latinized as Averroes (English: / ə ˈ v ɛr oʊ iː z /), was an Andalusian [1] polymath and jurist who wrote about many subjects, including philosophy, theology, medicine ...

  9. Cultural references to Leonardo da Vinci - Wikipedia

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    West German stamp commemorating Leonardo's 500th birthday Leonardo da Vinci medal Metal Vitruvian Man. Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian Renaissance painter and polymath who achieved legendary fame and iconic status within his own lifetime.