Charles François Lhomond (; 1727 – December 31, 1794) was a French priest, grammarian, and educator who was a native of

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, Somme. He attended classes at the Collège d'Inville in

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, where he subsequently became dean of the school. Later on, he spent twenty years as an educator at the Collège du Cardinal-Lemoine in the

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of Paris, and afterwards was

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at the

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. Lhomond made contributions in the field of

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, being the author of several works on

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, Roman history and religious history. His textbook from 1779, ''De viris illustribus urbis Romae a Romulo ad Augustum'', was still used in the 20th century by French students learning Roman history and Latin. Other works by Lhomond include: * (Basics of French Grammar, 1771) * (Basics of Latin Grammar, 1779) * (Summary of Sacred History, 1784) * (Abridged History of the Church) * (Abridged History of Religion Prior to the Arrival of

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) In 1792 he was jailed for refusing to swear allegiance to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, but was released shortly afterwards through intervention by

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(1767–1820), a former student of his at Collège du Cardinal-Lemoine. A statue of Lhomond by French sculptor Eugène-Louis Lequesne stands in his home town of

References

Epitome Historiae Sacræ
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