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Adamantios Korais or Koraïs was a Greek scholar, who is credited with laying the foundations of modern Greek literature. He was 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 an…
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science · Greek humanist scholar (1748–1833) · lexicographer · linguist · philosopher · writer · literary critic · physician · humanist · philologist · translator · also Adamantios Korais, Adamantios Coraïs, Korais
Born 27 April 1748 · Died 6 April 1833 · Q319635
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By a Law School student, researching a project sponsored by the Faculty of Law of the University of Athens and the National Academy for Constitutional Research and Public Law (adjacent to the University of Athens)
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In Onomichi Japan, was previously operated by Zante Ferries and is now operated by Fast Ferries
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His remains were transferred to Greece to be buried there
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Died 1833-04-06.
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Korais went on to publish his Report on the Present State of Civilization in Greece, based on a series of lectures he had given in Paris, extolling the link between the rise of a new Greek mercantile class and the advanc
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Born 1748-04-27.
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