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George Psalmanazar
George Psalmanazar (c. 1679 – 3 May 1763) claimed to be the first Formosan (modern day Taiwan) to visit Europe. For some years he convinced many in Britain, but was later revealed to be an impostor. He later became a theological essayist and a friend and acquaintance of Samuel Johnson and other noted figures of 18th-century literary London.
==Early life==
Although Psalmanazar intentionally obscured many details of his early life, he is believed to have been born in southern France, perhaps in Languedoc or Provence, to Catholic parents sometime between 1679 and 1684.〔(George Psalmanazar: the Celebrated Native of Formosa ) by the Special Collections Department of University of Delaware Library. Last modified 3 November 2003. Accessed 3 November 2003.〕〔(The Native of Formose ) by Alex Boese. Museum of Hoaxes. Last modified 2002. Accessed 3 November 2003.〕 His birth name is unknown.〔 According to his posthumously published autobiography, he was educated in a Franciscan school and then a Jesuit academy. In both of these institutions, he claimed to have been celebrated by his teachers for what he called "my uncommon genius for languages."〔George Psalmanazar, ''Memoirs,'' London, 1764, pg. 79〕 Indeed, by his own account Psalmanazar was something of a child prodigy, since he notes that he attained fluency in Latin by the age of seven or eight, and excelled in competition with children twice his age. Later encounters with a sophistic philosophy tutor made him disenchanted with academicism, however, and Psalmanazar discontinued his education around the time he was fifteen or sixteen.〔
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