Adamantios Korais Adamantios Korais (1748–1833) Born (1748-04-27)27 April 1748 Smyrna, Ottoman Empire Died 6 April 1833(1833-04-06) (aged 84) Paris Education University of Montpellier (MBBS, 1786; MD, 1787) Era Age of Enlightenment School Liberalism, Modern Greek Enlightenment Main interests Political philosophy, history, freedom of religion, Greek language, Greek Independence Influences French Enlightenment, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Thomas Jefferson Influenced Greek War of Independence, Eleftherios Venizelos, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos