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Jacques Amyot
1513Oct, 30

Jacques Amyot

Jacques Amyot, French bishop and translator (d. 1593)
Jacques Amyot (French: [amjo]; 30 October 1513 – 6 February 1593), French Renaissance writer and translator, was born of poor parents, at Melun.

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