LORENZO PIGNOTTI
\lɒɹˈɛnzə͡ʊ pɪɡnˈɒti], \lɒɹˈɛnzəʊ pɪɡnˈɒti], \l_ɒ_ɹ_ˈɛ_n_z_əʊ p_ɪ_ɡ_n_ˈɒ_t_i]\
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An Italian poet and historian; born at Figlina, Tuscany, 1739; died at Pisa, 1812. Among his writings are poems "On the Grave of Shakespeare" (1778); "The Shade of Pope" (1791). He wrote a book of "Fables" (1779), which were very popular; and a "History of Tuscany" (9 vols., 1813).
By Charles Dudley Warner
