Jean-François-Henri Collot (Pont-d’Arches, near

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26 January 1716 – October 1804 in Mesnil, near Châlons-sur-Marne) was an 18th-century French

homme de lettres An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the reality of society, and who proposes solutions for the normative problems of society. Coming from the world of culture, either as a creator or as ...

and encyclopédiste. Collot devoted to the cultivation of letters the leisure that allowed him the occupation of commissary of war, a position that he filled successively in

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and Nancy. André-Joseph Collot was his brother.

Publications

* ''Mémoire sur les invalides'', in ''

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'' by

Diderot Denis Diderot (; ; 5 October 171331 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the ''Encyclopédie'' along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a prominen ...

, entry « invalides ». Collot proposes to distribute in rural communities invalids yet ready to marry and make their marriage a duty in order to repopulate the countryside. * ''Mémoire sur la vie parmi les troupes, écrit de façon à être lu dans un couvent de religieuses'', 1769, in-8°. * ''Satires en vers sur les innovations dans le ministère'', Bâle, 1774, in-8°. * ''L’Officier français à l’armée'',

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mixed with

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s, Grenoble, 1780, in-8°. * ''Épître à M. Gellée, médecin à Châlons'', en vers, dans l’''Annuaire du département de la Marne'', année 1803.

Sources

* Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Boulliot, ''Biographie ardennaise ou Histoire des Ardennais qui se sont fait remarquer par leurs écrits, leurs actions, leurs vertus et leurs erreurs'', en 2 volumes, Paris, 1830, vol.1,

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, ''Nouvelle Biographie générale'', t. 11, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1856, .

External links

Jean-François-Henri Collot on Wikisource
18th-century French writers 18th-century French male writers 18th-century French dramatists and playwrights French opera librettists Contributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772) 1716 births 1804 deaths {{France-nonfiction-writer-stub