Petrarch (dec 10, 1304 – oct 19, 1374)
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Petrarch was a scholar who was titled the "Father of Humanism" due to his philosophical impact in the Renaissance. He is famous for his poems and analysis on world literature, along with his philosophy that classical texts would bring a new age of intellectualism. Petrarch is grouped in OS because he expressed his ideas about humanistic qualities pertaining to literature that distributed new knowledge.
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