WRITER

Marco Foscarini

1696 - 1763

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Marco Foscarini (February 4, 1696 in Venice – March 31, 1763 in Venice) was a Venetian poet, writer and statesman who served as the 117th Doge of Venice from May 31, 1762 until his death. He studied in his youth in Bologna, and was active as a diplomat, serving as ambassador to the Holy See and to Savoy; he also served as the Procurator of St Mark's for a time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marco Foscarini has received more than 38,750 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Marco Foscarini is the 4,066th most popular writer (down from 2,795th in 2019), the 3,249th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,507th in 2019) and the 231st most popular Italian Writer.

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Notable Works

Della letteratura veneziana libri otto
Italian literature, History and criticism
Della letteratura veneziana ed altri scritti intorno ad essa
Italian literature, History and criticism
Della letteratura veneziana ed altri scritti intorno ad essa del doge Marco Foscarini
Italian literature
Della letteratura veneziana ed altri scritti intorno ad essa [ed. by F. Berlan]
Italian literature, History and criticism
Della letteratura veneziana libri otto di Marco Foscarini
Italian literature, History and criticism
Della letteratura veneziana ed altri scritti intorno ad essa
Early works to 1800, Italian literature, History
Della letteratura veneziana ed altri scritti intorno ad essa [ed. by F. Berlan]
Italian literature, History and criticism
Della letteratura veneziana ed altri scritti intorno ad essa
Italian literature, History and criticism
L'Augusta ducale Basilica dell'evangelista San Marco nell'inclita dominante di Venezia
Pictorial works, Basilica di San Marco, Basilica di San Marco (Venice, Italy)
Della letteratura veneziana ed altri scritti intorno ad essa del doge Marco Foscarini
Italian literature
Della letteratura veneziana libri otto di Marco Foscarini
Italian literature, History and criticism
Della letteratura veneziana libri otto
Italian literature, History and criticism

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marco Foscarini ranks 4,066 out of 7,302Before him are Aisha Taymur, Daniel Silva, Alexandru Macedonski, Maria Edgeworth, Norman Manea, and Bozorg Alavi. After him are Hushang Ebtehaj, Oskar Maria Graf, Claude Aveline, Ivo Brešan, Michel Carré, and Vladimir Gilyarovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1696, Marco Foscarini ranks 14Before him are Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Johann Melchior Molter, Vakhushti of Kartli, Francesca Cuzzoni, and Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. After him are Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen, Shah Jahan II, Henry Home, Lord Kames, Maurice Greene, and James Oglethorpe. Among people deceased in 1763, Marco Foscarini ranks 18Before him are Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Olof von Dalin, Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Suleiman II of Persia. After him are Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Khariton Laptev, Mary Toft, Fyodor Volkov, Joseph François Dupleix, and John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marco Foscarini ranks 3,249 out of 5,161Before him are Nora Gregor (1901), Mario Zenari (1946), Ugo Cerletti (1877), Giovanni Brunero (1895), Frederick, Margrave of Tuscany (1040), and Giorgio Abetti (1882). After him are Austromoine (300), Giovanni Coppa (1925), Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici (1904), Guaimar IV of Salerno (1013), Antonello Venditti (1949), and Franca Raimondi (1932).

Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Marco Foscarini ranks 231Before him are Leonidas of Tarentum (-320), William of Apulia (1100), Lino Aldani (1926), Titus Calpurnius Siculus (290), Cesare Balbo (1789), and Cecco Angiolieri (1260). After him are Giuseppe Adami (1878), Tullio Pinelli (1908), Francesco Mario Pagano (1748), Isotta Nogarola (1418), Vincenzo Cerami (1940), and Stefano Benni (1947).