Auger de Moléon Granier (c. 1600 – after 1652) was a French writer. Little is known of his life (he may have originated in
Bresse
Bresse () is a former French province. It is located in the regions of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté of eastern France. The geographical term ''Bresse'' has two meanings: ''Bresse bourguignonne'' (or ''louhannaise''), whic ...
and been an ecclesiastic), but he is notable for being the first member of 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 ...
ever to be expelled, for theft, only 6 months after his election to it in September 1635.
Works
He published unedited manuscripts, including ''Les Mémoires de la
roine Marguerite'' et ''Les Lettres de Messire de
Paul de Foix
Paul de Foix de Carmain (1528–1584) was a French prelate and diplomat. He was son of Jean de Foix, comte de Carmain, by his wife Aldonce. He studied Greek and Roman literature at Paris, and jurisprudence at Toulouse, where shortly after finishi ...
, archevesque de
Toloze et ambassadeur pour le roy aupres du pape
Grégoire XIII
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Surname / Family name
*Alexandre Grégoire (1922–2001), Haitian painter
* Augustus Gregoire (1936–1972), Dominican cricketer
*Christine Gregoire (born 1947), ...
, escrites au roi
Henry III'' in 1628, though the authenticity of the letters in the latter is doubtful.
External links
Biography on the Académie française website
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1600s births
1650s deaths
17th-century French historians
Expelled members of the Académie Française
French male non-fiction writers
17th-century French male writers