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Volney Lodge (born 1926), retired United States Army four-star general ...
Volney may refer to: * Comte de Volney or Constantin-François de Chassebœuf (1757–1820), French philosopher, historian, orientalist, and politician * Herbert Volney, a politician from Trinidad and Tobago * Volney, New York a town in Oswego County, New York, United States * Volney Prize, an award by the Institut de France People with the given name * Volney E. Howard (1809–1889), American lawyer, statesman, and jurist * Volney Mathison, American experimenter in early biofeedback * Volney Peters (born 1928), American football player in the NFL * Volney Rogers (1846–1919), American lawyer * Volney Morgan Spalding (1849–1918), American botanist * Volney F. Warner Volney Frank Warner (June 7, 1926 – November 13, 2019) was a United States Army four-star general who served as Commander-in-Chief, United States Readiness Command (USCINCRED) from 1979 to 1981. Early career Warner was born in Woonsocket, South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantin François De Chassebœuf, Comte De Volney
Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (3 February 175725 April 1820) was a French philosopher, abolitionist, writer, orientalist, and politician. He was at first surnamed ''Boisgirais'' after his father's estate, but afterwards assumed the name of ''Volney'' (which he had created as a contraction of ''Voltaire'' and ''Ferney''). Life Early life and the French Revolution Volney was born at Craon, Anjou (today in Mayenne), of a noble family. Initially interested in law and medicine, he went on to study classical languages at the University of Paris, and his ''Mémoire sur la Chronologie d'Hérodote'' (on Herodotus) rose to the attention of the Académie des Inscriptions and of the group around Claude Adrien Helvétius. Soon after, he befriended Pierre Jean George Cabanis, the Marquis de Condorcet, the Baron d'Holbach, and Benjamin Franklin. He embarked on a journey to the East in late 1782 and reached Egypt, where he spent nearly seven months. He then lived for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
