'Petrarch', (1304-1374), 1830. Petrarch (1304-1374) Italian Renaissance scholar and poet, one of the earliest humanists, he traveled widely for pleasure, served as an ambassador and has been called 'the first tourist'. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

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