Person
Alessandro Verri
Italian author
Alessandro Verri (November 9, 1741 – September 23, 1816) is an Italian author.
Born in Milan into an aristocratic family, as a young man he participates 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 collaborates in the magazine Il Caffè.
In this period he writes the Saggio sulla Storia d'Italia ("Essay on Italian History", 1761–1766).