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André Morellet ( March 7, 1727 - January 12, 1819) was a French economist and writer. He was one of the last of the philosophes, and in this character he figures in many memoirs, such as those of Madame de Rémusat . He was born at Lyons, and educated by the Jesuits there, and later at the Sorbonne. He took holy orders, but without much conviction. Voltaire called him "L'Abbé Mords-les", because of his ready and biting wit. His most notable works were a smart pamphlet in answer to Charles Palissot 's scurrilous play Les Philosophes (which procured him a short stay in the Bastille for an alleged libel on Palissot's patroness, the princesse de Robeck), and a reply to Ferdinando Galiani's Commerce des blês ( 1770).
Later, he made himself useful in quasi-diplomatic communications with English statesmen, and was pensioned and also elected a member of the Académie française in 1785Events January 1st The first issue of the Daily Universal Register later known as The Times is published in London. January 7 Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England to Calais, France in a hydrogen gas balloon. A year before his death in Paris, he brought out four volumes of Mélanges de littérature et de phiosophie du XVIII' siècle, composed chiefly of selections from his former publications, and after hi~ death appeared his valuable Mémoires sur le XVIII' siècle et la Revolution (2 vcls., 1821Events February 23 The Philadelphia College of Apothecaries founds the first pharmacy college. March 25 Greece declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire, beginning the Greek War of Independence. July 10 The United States takes possession of its ne).
A bibliography of his numerous works is given in QuérardJoseph Marie Querard ( December 25, 1797 December 3, 1865), was a French bibliographer. He was born at Rennes, where he was apprenticed to a bookseller. Sent abroad on business, he remained in Vienna from 1819 to 1824, and there drew up the first volumes's La France littéraire, vol. vi.; see also Sainte-BeuveCharles Augustin Sainte-Beuve ( December 23, 1804 October 13, 1869) was a literary critic and one of the major figures of French literary history. He was born in Boulogne, and studied at the College Charlemagne in Paris. He became friendly with Victor Hug, Causeries du lundi, vol. i.
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