List of Famous people with last name Korais

Adamantios Korais

First Name Adamantios
Born on April 27, 1748
Died on April 6, 1833 (aged 84)
Born in İzmir Province

Adamantios Korais or Koraïs 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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