Quick Facts

• NAME: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
• OCCUPATION: Philosopher, Scholar, Theologian
• BIRTH DATE: February 24, 1463
• DEATH DATE: November 17, 1494
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Mirandola, Italy
• PLACE OF DEATH: Florence, Italy

Best Known For

Renaissance philosopher Count Giovanni Pico della Mirandola is remembered for writing the Oration on the Dignity of Man, a text considered to epitomize Renaissance humanism.