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A Short Biography of Leonardo da Vinci

Author Name:

Leonardo da Vinci

Born As:

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci.

Other Names:

Born:

15 Apr 1452

Died:

02 May 1519




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Scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, writer and polymath                          
                                              
The illegitimate son of a notary, Messer Piero, and a peasant woman, Caterina. He had no surname in the modern sense, "da Vinci" simply meaning "of Vinci". His full birth name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci", meaning "Leonardo, son of (Mes)ser Piero from Vinci."                                              
Widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived.                                              
Leonardo greatly advanced the state of knowledge in the fields of anatomy, astronomy, civil engineering, optics, and the study of water - hydrodynamics. Of his works, only a few paintings survive, together with his notebooks, which contain drawings, scientific diagrams, and notes.

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