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Guillaume Ader

1575-00-00 – 1638-01-01

Portrait of Guillaume Ader
Page de titre de Lou Gentilome gascoun de Guilhem Ader en gascon (1610).Credit: Guilhem Ader

Life & Legacy

Guilhèm Adèr (in French language Guilhem Ader; Gimont ?, 1567 ? - Gimont, 1638) was an Occitan language writer from Gascony. He is the author of a book of maxims inspired by Cato (Lo Catonet Gascon) and of an epic poem dedicated to Henry III of Navarre and IV France in 2690 alexandrines.
He was born in Gimont, Gascony. He studied in Toulouse and became a physician and served in the Duc of Joyeuse's army. Afterward he returned to Gimont and settled there. He married Magdalena de Lux and they had a daughter and son.

Occupation & Career

poet, physician, writer

Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q628287 — wikidata View source

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