Famous Renaissance People

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  1. 6. English renaissance writer and play wright, he is considered by many to be the greatest English writer of all time.
  2. 8. An Italian sculptor, architect, inventor, and engineer, often called the true genius of the Renaissance.
  3. 10. Italian scientist and scholar, he made pioneering observations that laid the foundation for modern physics and astronomy.
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  1. 1. The head of the Medici family in Florence
  2. 2. Identified the concept that a heliocentric universe existed where the sun was the center of the universe.
  3. 3. A great Italian artist who designed buildings, wrote poetry,carved sculptures, and painted pictures.
  4. 4. English scientist, physicist, and mathematician, he identified four laws that explained how the physical world worked.
  5. 5. A German printer, he developed a printing press that used movable type
  6. 7. An Italian man from Venice, Marco Polo left Europe to go to China. He spent 20 years living, working, and traveling in Asia.
  7. 9. A politician and poet who wrote "The Divine Comedy"in Italian.