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Also known as Adamantios Coraïs

Greek humanist scholar (1748–1833)

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Adamantios Korais (1748–1833) was a lexicographer, linguist, philosopher, and writer associated with the Modern Greek Enlightenment. Born in İzmir, he held citizenship in both the Ottoman Empire and France. He received his education at the Evangelical School of Smyrna and the University of Montpellier. Korais worked in Paris, where he also died and was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery. He wrote in Modern Greek and spoke French and Latin.

His fields of work included standard language, lexicography, and Greek literature. He used the pseudonym Adamance Coray. One of his students was Ambroise Firmin Didot. Among his works is *Mémoire Sur l'état Actuel de la Civilisation Dans la Grèce...*. He is described in sources such as the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition and the *Nuttall Encyclopædia*.

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  • 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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Works in European collections

24 objects attributed to Adamantios Korais, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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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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