About Guillaume Bigot
Lived 1502 – 1550 (aged 47–48). Guillaume Bigot was a French physician, poet, writer and philosopher.
Guillaume Bigot (2 June 1502 – ) was a writer, doctor, humanist, and poet in French and Latin. His Christianae philosophiae Praeludium (Prelude to Christian Philosophy) was published in Toulouse in 1549. Its four books are devoted to the physiology of the human body, and to different aspects of the soul. It has a long preface, addressed to Cardinal Jean du Bellay, in which Bigot defends himself against his detractors.
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Who was Guillaume Bigot?
French writer
When was Guillaume Bigot born?
Guillaume Bigot was born on 2 June 1502 in Laval.
When did Guillaume Bigot die?
Guillaume Bigot died in 1550.
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Guillaume Bigot was a physician, poet, writer and philosopher.
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Guillaume Bigot was French.
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