François Arnaud (
Comtat-Venaissin
The Comtat Venaissin (; Provençal: , Mistralian norm: , classical norm: ; 'County of Venaissin'), often called the for short, was a part of the Papal States (1274‒1791) in what is now the region of France.
The entire region was an enclave ...
, 27 July 1721 – 2 December 1784) was a French clergyman, writer, and philologist.
Biography
Abbé of
Grandchamp and librarian to the count of Provence (the future
Louis XVIII of France
Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (), was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. He spent twenty-three years in e ...
), he contributed to the ' and the ''Gazette littéraire de l'Europe''. From 1766, he directed ''
la Gazette''. A friend of
Suard Suard is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Amélie Suard (1743–1830), French writer and salonnière
*Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard (1732–1817), French journalist, translator and writer
*Pierre Suard
Pierre Suard, born ...
, he also attended the salons of
Mme Necker and
Mlle Lespinasse. Through Mlle Lespinasse's support he was elected to the
Académie française
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...
on 11 April 1771 and was received into it by
Châteaubrun on 13 May, making the subject of his reception speech ''On the character of ancient languages compared to the French language''. The same year he was admitted to the
Académie des Inscriptions. He collaborated with
Fréron and, alongside Suard, led the
Gluck
Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period (music), classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the ...
ists in their quarrel with the
Piccinnists. His collected works amount to 3 volumes.
References
External links
Academie-francaise biography*
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People from Carpentras
1721 births
1784 deaths
French classical scholars
French librarians
French philologists
18th-century French writers
18th-century French male writers
18th-century French journalists
Members of the Académie Française
Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
French male non-fiction writers