Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei

Italian historian, diplomatics, paleographer, playwriter and scholar

Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1675

Place of Birth: Verona, Veneto, Italy

Date of Death: 11-Feb-1755

Profession: writer, poet, playwright, archaeologist, palaeographer, erudite

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Francesco Scipione Maffei (Italian: [fran't?esko ??i'pjo?ne maf'f?i]; 1 June 1675 – 11 February 1755) was an Italian writer and art critic, author of many articles and plays.
An antiquarian with a humanist education whose publications on Etruscan antiquities stand as incunables of Etruscology, he engaged in running skirmishes in print with his rival in the field of antiquities, Antonio Francesco Gori.