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Ugo Foscolo (February 6, 1778 - September 10, 1827), Greek-Italian writer, was born at Zakynthos in the Ionian Isles in 1778. On the death of his father, a physician in Split, Croatia , the family removed to Venice, and at the University of Padua Foscolo completed the studies begun at the Dalmatian grammar school.