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Marco Foscarini

1696 - 1763

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Marco Foscarini (4 February 1696 in Venice – 31 March 1763 in Venice) was a Venetian poet, writer and statesman who served as the 117th Doge of Venice from 31 May 1762 until his death 14 months later. 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. He was succeeded as Doge by Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo. Foscarini was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1759, as a 'nobleman of distinguished learning and merit'. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marco Foscarini is the 3,120th most popular writer (up from 4,066th in 2019), the 2,773rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,249th in 2019) and the 185th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among writers, Marco Foscarini ranks 3,120 out of 7,302. Before him are Frederick Denison Maurice, Ludovico di Varthema, Jim Rohn, Faltonia Betitia Proba, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, and Jonathan Franzen. After him are Jean-Sifrein Maury, Lily Braun, Leon Uris, Kostis Palamas, Joseph Delaney, and Morgan Robertson.

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Among people born in 1696, Marco Foscarini ranks 14. Before him are Abram Petrovich Gannibal, James Oglethorpe, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Johann Melchior Molter. After him are Vakhushti of Kartli, Francesca Cuzzoni, Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen, Maurice Greene, and Henry Home, Lord Kames. Among people deceased in 1763, Marco Foscarini ranks 14. Before him are Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Gottfried Heinrich Bach, Joseph François Dupleix, Suleiman II of Persia, Khariton Laptev, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, and Olof von Dalin.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marco Foscarini ranks 2,773 out of 5,161. Before him are Ernesto Ambrosini (1894), Adone Zoli (1887), Francesco Dandolo (1258), Ludovico di Varthema (1470), Philistus (-430), and Alberto Gilardino (1982). After him are Daria Nicolodi (1950), Guido Bonatti (1210), Alberto Burri (1915), Benedetto Cairoli (1825), Pietro Mengoli (1626), and Mario Minniti (1577).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Marco Foscarini ranks 185. Before him are Salimbene di Adam (1221), Félix Fénéon (1861), Titus Burckhardt (1908), Silvio Pellico (1789), Alda Merini (1931), and Ludovico di Varthema (1470). After him are Roberto Calasso (1941), Aemilius Macer (null), Giovanni della Casa (1503), Antonio Ghislanzoni (1824), Goffredo Mameli (1827), and Alfredo M. Bonanno (1937).

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