Guillaume Postel

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16th-century scholar French linguist Orientalist human mystic

Guillaume Postel was a 16th-century French linguist, Orientalist, and mystic known for his utopian universalist ideas and extensive studies of Eastern languages and cultures.

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Guillaume Postel (French linguist) 1

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instanceOf 16th-century scholar ⓘ
French linguist ⓘ
Orientalist ⓘ
human ⓘ
mystic ⓘ
birthDate 1510 ⓘ
birthPlace Barenton, Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate 1581 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
describedAs utopian universalist ⓘ
visionary of world unity ⓘ
educatedAt Collège Sainte-Barbe NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Collège de France NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Postel NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork Oriental studies ⓘ
comparative linguistics ⓘ
mysticism ⓘ
theology ⓘ
utopian political theory ⓘ
givenName Guillaume NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Christian mysticism ⓘ
Kabbalistic thought ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ
languagesSpokenWritten Arabic ⓘ
Aramaic ⓘ
French ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Syriac NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf Society of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement Christian Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Renaissance humanism NERFINISHED ⓘ
name Guillaume Postel NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableIdea linguistic and spiritual unity of humankind ⓘ
universal monarchy under a Christian ruler ⓘ
universal reconciliation of religions ⓘ
notableWork Absconditorum a constitutione mundi clavis NERFINISHED ⓘ
De la République des Turcs NERFINISHED ⓘ
De orbis terrae concordia NERFINISHED ⓘ
De orbis terrae concordia libri quatuor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Linguarum duodecim characteribus differentium alphabetum ⓘ
occupation Orientalist ⓘ
cosmographer ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
mystic ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
utopian thinker ⓘ
positionHeld lecturer in Oriental languages ⓘ
professor of Syriac ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
traveledTo Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holy Land NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Guillaume Postel (French linguist)