Renaissance Era

FLORENTINE ACADEMY

1355 — 1499 CE

Plethon

Restorer of True Religion

John Argyropoulos

Great
Teacher

Marsilio Ficino

High
Priest

RENAISSANCE

1463 — 1799 CE

Caterina Sforza

The Tigress
of Forlì

Giordano Bruno

Philosopher

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Great
Shogun

Sir Francis Bacon

Great
Teacher

Benjamin Franklin

Polymath

William Cullen

Great Physician

Denis Diderot

Father of Enlightenment

George Washington

President of the United States