A New General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 7 of 12 (Classic Reprint) - Couverture rigide

Rose, Hugh James

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0484186639 ISBN 13 : 9780484186636

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from A New General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 7 of 12

Danet, (er,) a rector of Paris, presented, in 1674, to the abbacy of St. Nicholas, in Verdun. He is known by his Dictionary, Latin and French, and French and Latin, for the use of the dauphin, and a French Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, 1698, 4to. He was one of the persons selected to pre~ pare the Delphin editions of the classics, and tdrus fell to his share. He died in 1709.

Dangeau, (louis de Courcillon de,) abbot of F ontaine - Daniel and Clermont, a man of letters, son of the marquis de Dangeau, was born at Paris, in 1643. He was maternally descended from Du Plessis Mornay, and was educated in the same religion, which he quitted for popery, at the persuasion of Bossuet. He was nominated, in 1671, reader to the king, which office he held till 1685. The French Academy received him among its mem bers in 1682, and it had not a more zealous and useful associate. The branch of study to which he paid a peiar attention was that of grammar; on which subject he composed several ingenious treatises. His mmatical essays were collected and published by the abbé d'olivet in his Opuses sur la Langue Francoise. The first, and part of the second, of the Dialogues on the Immor tality of the Soul, usually attributed to the abbé de Choisy, are of his composi tion. He drew up short pieces upon geography and history for the use of learners; and published The Principles of Heraldry, in fourteen plates, 4to. He died in 1723.

Dangeau, (philip de Courcillon, marquis de,) brother of the preceding, born in 1638. He was a great favourite at the court of Louis XIV. For his many accomplishments, and his taste for litera ture procured him a seat in the French Academy and in that of Sciences. He was grand master of the mili orders of Notre Dame du Mont Carmel, and Lazarus of Jerusalem. His conversation, manners, and many virs, were the admiration of the age. He left some memoirs in ms.

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• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0484186639
• ISBN 13: 9780484186636
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 525
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