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Lorenzo Pignotti (1739–1812)
Pignotti, Lorenzo (pēn-yot’tē). 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).