Alessandro Verri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alessandro Verri

Italian author

Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1741

Place of Birth: Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 23-Sep-1816

Profession: writer, economist, historian, translator, philosopher

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Alessandro Verri (9 November 1741 – 23 September 1816) was an Italian author. Born in Milan into an aristocratic family, as a young man he participated in the Accademia dei Pugni, founded together with his brother Pietro Verri and their friends Cesare Beccaria, Alfonso Longo, Pietro Secchi, Giambattista Biffi and Luigi Lambertenghi.
Later he collaborated in the magazine Il Caffè.
In this period he wrote the Saggio sulla Storia d'Italia ("Essay on Italian History", 1761–1766).