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Statue of Francesco Petrarca in Uffizi Alley in Florence, Italy. Petrarca known in English as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar, poet and one of the earliest Renaissance humanists. Petrarch is often called the Father of Humanism. Petrarch was also known for being one of the first people to refer to the Dark Ages.