biography
| name: |
Daurat or Dorat, Jean
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pronunciation:
[dohra]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1508–88)
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| biography:
| Humanist and poet, born in Limoges, C France. Private tutor at the court of Frances I, he taught ancient languages, and became director of the Collège Coqueret, where his pupils included Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay, Baïf, and Belleau. These poets, with whom he was united in La Pléiade, he trained for the task of reforming the vernacular and ennobling French literature by imitation of Greek and Latin models. In 1556 he was appointed professor of Greek at the Collège Royal, retiring in 1567. A prolific writer, he is said to have composed more than 15 000 Latin and Greek verses. |
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