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Guillaume Budé

1467 - 1540

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Guillaume Budé (French: [ɡijom byde]; Latinized as Guilielmus Budaeus; January 26, 1467 – August 20, 1540) was a French scholar and humanist. He was involved in the founding of Collegium Trilingue, which later became the Collège de France. Budé was also the first keeper of the royal library at the Palace of Fontainebleau, which was later moved to Paris, where it became the Bibliothèque nationale de France. He was an ambassador to Rome and held several important judicial and civil administrative posts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guillaume Budé is the 473rd most popular philosopher (up from 505th in 2019), the 1,365th most popular biography from France (up from 1,515th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Guillaume Budé ranks 473 out of 1,267. Before him are Theodorus the Atheist, Ibn al-Rawandi, Zisi, Maine de Biran, Eubulides, and Gustavo Gutiérrez. After him are Nana Asmaʼu, Paul Natorp, H. L. A. Hart, Porcia, Gaius Musonius Rufus, and Philodemus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1467, Guillaume Budé ranks 5. Before him are Pedro Álvares Cabral, Sigismund I the Old, Francis Phoebus of Navarre, and Ferdinand II of Naples. After him are Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, Giovanni il Popolano, Hadım Suleiman Pasha, Şehzade Korkut, Andrea Sansovino, Charles II, Duke of Guelders, and Ramón de Cardona. Among people deceased in 1540, Guillaume Budé ranks 11. Before him are Thomas Cromwell, Francesco Guicciardini, Juan Luis Vives, Tristão da Cunha, Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Dawit II. After him are Joos van Cleve, Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal, Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, Tomé Pires, Barthel Beham, and Hans Leonhard Schäufelein.

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In France

Among people born in France, Guillaume Budé ranks 1,365 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie Laurencin (1883), Constance of Arles (974), Pierre Brice (1929), Karim Benzema (1987), Hubert Robert (1733), and Theobald III, Count of Champagne (1179). After him are Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve (1685), Joan, Countess of Flanders (1200), Hélène Langevin-Joliot (1927), Laurent Schwartz (1915), André Campra (1660), and Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier (1742).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Guillaume Budé ranks 62. Before him are Alain de Benoist (1943), Étienne Gilson (1884), Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (1460), Alain de Lille (1117), Vincent of Beauvais (1190), and Maine de Biran (1766). After him are Michel de Certeau (1925), Ernest Gellner (1925), Pierre Duhem (1861), Petrus Ramus (1515), Emmanuel Mounier (1905), and Jean-Luc Nancy (1940).

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