Henri-Emmanuel de Roquette (c. 1655 – 4 March 1725) was a French churchman. A doctor at the

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and a preacher, he became abbot of the abbey of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys in 1681 and attended the Paris salon of the marquise de Lambert. In 1702 he spoke the funeral oration for

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and he served as secretary to the 1705 general assembly of the French clergy in 1705. He was elected a member of the

Académie Française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, ...

in 1720.

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1655 births 1725 deaths French abbots Members of the Académie Française {{france-reli-bio-stub