Francois Rabelais

Birth

Feb 4, 1494

Although neither the place nor date of his birth is reliably documented, and some scholars put the date as early as 1483,it is probable that François Rabelais was born in November 1494 near Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, where his father worked as a lawyer.La Devinière in Seuilly, Indre-et-Loire, is the name of the estate that is claimed to be the writer's birthplace and houses a Rabelais museum.

Education

Mar 12, 1509

By the age of 15, he had joined a monastery. That time, the Church was the only place where most people could hope to receive an education. The period he lived was during the Renaissance when scholars in monasteries were starting to study ancient Greek and Roman texts that had been ignored for centuries. They were also rediscovering knowledge that had been forgotten

More Education

May 14, 1527

Rabelais became a leading scholar in the study of ancient Greek books, and in particular, the study of medical works. In 1527, Rabelais left the monastery without permission and enrolled as a medical student at the University of Montpellier in the south of France.

work

Jul 14, 1530

In 1530 he was a medical student and the following year became a professor of anatomy and head physian at ahospital.

studies

Jun 19, 1532

A few years later, when he was probably 38, he became a physician at the general hospital in Lyon.
He performed one of the first human dissections in France.

Writing

Sep 7, 1532

In the same year he started his practice as a doctor, the first part of his famous comedy, Gargantua and Pantagruel, was also published under the name Alcofribas Nasier, actually an anagram of his real name. This book that made him famous are mock-adventures of a father and son who are preposterous giants, therefore the use of the word "gargantuan." The adventures include fighting, feasting and a lot more of desiring and coveting of earthly things, with elaborate satire. Rabelais wrote a series

Children

Oct 18, 1532

Francois Rabelais had tw children, from an unknown woman who died shortly after giving birth.

Achievements

May 25, 1537

In May 1537 Rabelais was awarded the doctorate of medicine of Montpellier; and he delivered, with considerable success, a course of lectures on Hippocrates’ Prognostics.

moving

Dec 25, 1547

Between the years 1545-1547 Francois Rabelais spent most of his ay traveling, Writing. He never had a steady home place when he would get into writing,

Book four

Jan 9, 1551

In January 1551 the Cardinal de Guise presented him with two benefices at Meudon and Jambet, though Rabelais never officiated or resided there. In 1552, through the influence of the cardinal, Rabelais was able to publish—with a new prologue—the full Quart livre des faits et dits héroïques du noble Pantagruel (Fourth Book)

Death

Apr 4, 1553

In 1553 Rabelais resigned his benefices. He died shortly thereafter and was buried in Saint-Paul-des-Champs, Paris. His supposed last words were "I go to seek a Great Perhaps."