Nicolas Beauzée (9 May 1717 in

Verdun Verdun (, , , ; official name before 1970 ''Verdun-sur-Meuse'') is a large city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department. Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital ...

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– 23 January 1789 in

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) was a French

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

, author of Grammaire générale (published 1767) and one of the main contributors to the Encyclopédie of

Denis 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 promi ...

and Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert on the topic of

grammar In linguistics, the grammar of a natural language is its set of structural constraints on speakers' or writers' composition of clauses, phrases, and words. The term can also refer to the study of such constraints, a field that includes domain ...

. Frank A. Kafker: ''Notices sur les auteurs des dix-sept volumes de « discours » de l'Encyclopédie. Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie.'' 1989, Volume 7, Numéro 7, p. 129
/ref> In 1772 he was named as the successor to Charles Pinot Duclos in the Académie française.

Life and work

Early years and tenure at École Militaire

Beauzée was born on 9 May 1717 in

. The Church register for the parish of Saint-Sauveur lists his father as a labourer (''manouvrier''). A scholarship allowed him to attend the

Jesuit college The Jesuits (Society of Jesus) in the Catholic Church have founded and managed a number of educational institutions, including the notable secondary schools, colleges and universities listed here. Some of these universities are in the United Stat ...

at Verdun.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beauzee, Nicolas 1717 births 1789 deaths People from Verdun Contributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772) Grammarians from France 18th-century French writers 18th-century French male writers French male non-fiction writers

Life and work

Early years and tenure at École Militaire

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