Gian Giorgio Trissino

Venetian humanist, poet, dramatist, diplomat, linguist and philosopher (1478–1550)

Born
1478
Gian Giorgio Trissino, also called Giovan Giorgio Trissino and self-styled as Giovan Giꞷrgio Trissino, was a Venetian Renaissance humanist, poet, dramatist, diplomat, grammarian, linguist, and philosopher. He first proposed adding letters to the Italian alphabet to distinguish J from I, and V from U.

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