Jacques Amyot
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Jacques Amyot was a 16th-century French Renaissance humanist, translator, and bishop best known for his influential French translations of classical authors, especially Plutarch.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jacques Amyot canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3416109 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques Amyot Context triple: [Plutarch, influenced, Jacques Amyot]
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A.
Guillaume Budé
Guillaume Budé was a leading French Renaissance humanist, scholar, and royal librarian whose work on Greek studies and legal humanism significantly shaped French intellectual life in the early 16th century.
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B.
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples was a French humanist and early biblical scholar whose vernacular translations and reform-minded theology helped lay intellectual foundations for the Protestant Reformation.
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C.
Michel Valla
Michel Valla is a French local politician who serves as the mayor of the town of Privas in the Ardèche department.
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D.
Salomon de Brosse
Salomon de Brosse was a prominent early 17th-century French architect known for helping shape the transition from French Renaissance to classical Baroque architecture.
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E.
Robert Estienne
Robert Estienne was a 16th-century French printer and classical scholar renowned for his critical editions of the Bible and major contributions to typography and lexicography.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques Amyot Target entity description: Jacques Amyot was a 16th-century French Renaissance humanist, translator, and bishop best known for his influential French translations of classical authors, especially Plutarch.
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A.
Guillaume Budé
Guillaume Budé was a leading French Renaissance humanist, scholar, and royal librarian whose work on Greek studies and legal humanism significantly shaped French intellectual life in the early 16th century.
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B.
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples was a French humanist and early biblical scholar whose vernacular translations and reform-minded theology helped lay intellectual foundations for the Protestant Reformation.
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C.
Michel Valla
Michel Valla is a French local politician who serves as the mayor of the town of Privas in the Ardèche department.
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D.
Salomon de Brosse
Salomon de Brosse was a prominent early 17th-century French architect known for helping shape the transition from French Renaissance to classical Baroque architecture.
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E.
Robert Estienne
Robert Estienne was a 16th-century French printer and classical scholar renowned for his critical editions of the Bible and major contributions to typography and lexicography.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French Renaissance humanist
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Roman Catholic bishop ⓘ human ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1513 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1593 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
La Sorbonne
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surface form:
University of Paris
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| employer | French royal court ⓘ |
| era | 16th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Amyot ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
classical literature
ⓘ
translation studies ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
ⓘ
classical studies ⓘ translation ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacques ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Monseigneur ⓘ |
| influenced |
French Renaissance literature
ⓘ
French prose style ⓘ Michel de Montaigne ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | French clergy ⓘ |
| movement | Renaissance humanism ⓘ |
| name | Jacques Amyot self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
French translation of Plutarch
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shaping classical French prose ⓘ |
| notableWork |
French translation of Daphnis and Chloe
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French translation of Plutarch's Lives ⓘ French translation of Plutarch's Moralia ⓘ |
| occupation |
bishop
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humanist ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| patron |
Charles IX of France
ⓘ
surface form:
King Charles IX of France
Henry II of France ⓘ
surface form:
King Henry II of France
Henry III of France ⓘ
surface form:
King Henry III of France
|
| periodOfActivity |
late 16th century
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mid-16th century ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Melun ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Auxerre ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Bishop of Auxerre
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Grand Aumônier de France ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Almoner of France
|
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| translatedFromLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| translatedIntoLanguage | French ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Auxerre
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Paris ⓘ |
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