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Adamantios Korais (1748–1833) was a lexicographer, linguist, philosopher, and writer associated with the Modern Greek Enlightenment. Born in İzmir and educated at the Evangelical School of Smyrna and the University of Montpellier, he held citizenship in both the Ottoman Empire and France. He worked primarily in Paris, where he died, and was buried at Montparnasse Cemetery.
Korais wrote in Modern Greek, French, and Latin, and his field of work included standard language, lexicography, and Greek literature. His notable works include *Mémoire Sur l'état Actuel de la Civilisation Dans la Grèce...*. He is described in sources such as *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*, the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition. He also used the pseudonym Adamance Coray and had one student, Ambroise Firmin Didot.
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Top works
- Mémoire Sur l'état Actuel de la Civilisation Dans la Grèce...
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1748-04-27 ) 27 April 1748, Smyrna , Ottoman Empire (modern İzmir , Turkey )
- Died
- 6 April 1833 (1833-04-06) (aged 84), Paris , Kingdom of France
- Education
- University of Montpellier , ( MBBS , 1786; MD , 1787)
- Era
- Age of Enlightenment
- School
- Liberalism , Modern Greek Enlightenment
- Main interests
- Political philosophy , philology , history , freedom of religion , separation of church and state , Greek language , Greek Independence
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ottoman Empire
- Place of birth
- İzmir
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- philologist
- Educated at
- University of Montpellier
- Languages spoken
- Modern Greek
- Field of work
- Greek literature
- Movement
- Modern Greek Enlightenment
- Image
- Adamantios Korais.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1748-04-27
- date of death
- 1833-04-06
- Commons category
- Adamantios Korais
- pseudonym
- Adamance Coray
- name in native language
- Ἀδαμάντιος Κοραῆς
- student
- Ambroise Firmin Didot
- writing language
- Modern Greek
- Commons Creator page
- Adamantios Korais
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Works in European collections
24 objects attributed to Adamantios Korais, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
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Adamantios Korais or Koraïs (Greek: Ἀδαμάντιος Κοραῆς [aðaˈmandi.os koraˈis]; Latin: Adamantius Coraes; French: Adamance Coray; 27 April 1748 – 6 April 1833) was a Greek scholar credited with laying the foundations of modern Greek literature and a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment. His activities paved the way for the Greek War of Independence and the emergence of a purified form of the Greek language, known as Katharevousa. Encyclopædia Britannica asserts that "his influence on the modern Greek language and culture has been compared to that of Dante on Italian and Martin Luther on German".
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