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Adamantios Korais

1748 - 1833

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adamantios Korais is the 1,392nd most popular writer (up from 1,623rd in 2019), the 523rd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 572nd in 2019) and the 37th most popular Turkish Writer.

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Among writers, Adamantios Korais ranks 1,392 out of 7,302. Before him are Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Péter Nádas, Erskine Caldwell, Clive Cussler, Béla Balázs, and Antoine-Henri Jomini. After him are Wace, Semonides of Amorgos, Wilhelm Weitling, P. D. James, E. L. James, and Mavro Orbini.

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Among people born in 1748, Adamantios Korais ranks 13. Before him are Olympe de Gouges, Claude Louis Berthollet, Adam Weishaupt, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, William V, Prince of Orange, and Johann Friedrich Gmelin. After him are Anders Sparrman, Christian Gottlob Neefe, Timur Shah Durrani, Benedict Joseph Labre, John Marshall, and Petar I Petrović-Njegoš. Among people deceased in 1833, Adamantios Korais ranks 18. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Hugh Glass, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Edmund Kean, and Abbas Mirza. After him are Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, René Louiche Desfontaines, Antoni Radziwiłł, Ferdinand Hérold, and Rahel Varnhagen.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Adamantios Korais ranks 523 out of 1,347. Before him are Ajda Pekkan (1946), Şah Sultan (1544), Nicholas Mystikos (852), Ivaylo of Bulgaria (1281), Prusias I of Bithynia (-300), and Basil Zaharoff (1849). After him are Yousuf Karsh (1908), Manuel Chrysoloras (1355), Ziya Gökalp (1876), Anna Porphyrogenita (963), Bohemond VII of Antioch (1261), and Callinus (-680).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Adamantios Korais ranks 37. Before him are Symeon the New Theologian (949), John Tzetzes (1110), Alcman (-611), Yeghishe Charents (1897), Hieronymus of Cardia (-390), and Aelius Aristides (117). After him are Callinus (-680), Hipponax (-600), Mustafa Balel (1945), Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873), Quintus Smyrnaeus (400), and Symeon the Metaphrast (900).

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