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Montaigne — The author of the Essais, mayor of Bordeaux, 1533–1592
Son of a gentleman of merchant stock who had him speak Latin before French, councillor at the parlement of Bordeaux where he befriended La Boétie, he sold his office, withdrew to his “librairie” and wrote there the Essais, published in 1580. Mayor of Bordeaux, a traveller to Italy, he died in the château where he was born. (Editorial synthesis)
Montaigne was born on 28 February 1533 (Julian calendar). (source: Larousse)
Montaigne was born in Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne. (source: Larousse)
Montaigne died on 13 September 1592. (source: Larousse)
Montaigne died in Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Recorded work of Montaigne: the Essais. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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