Paul-Philippe de Chaumont (1617 – 24 March 1697,

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) was a French prelate. He was the second member elected to occupy seat 3 of the

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in 1654. From an old family in

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where he was count of Chaumont, he was the son of a conseiller d'État, the author of many theological works as well as the king's librarian.

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, ''Suite des Mémoires de Michel de Marolles'', 1657, p. 247. A relation of

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and a relation via his mother of the three Haberts (

Philippe Habert Philippe Habert (1604 – 26 July 1637) was a French poet. Habert was born in Paris and was the brother to Germain Habert and cousin of Henri Louis Habert de Montmor, as well as a friend of Valentin Conrart. Philippe was also one of the first me ...

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and Henri-Louis), Paul-Philippe succeeded his father as king's librarian, having joined the royal library as king's reader. Although he had not yet written any works himself he was elected a member of the

in 1654. Becoming

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in 1671, he resigned this post in 1684 so he would be freer to devote himself to studies, although continuing to preach.

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said of him that "he had nothing lacking in his spirit, and had a great grasp of language and preached boldly and easily."Tyrtée Tastet, ''Histoire des quarante fauteuils de l'Académie française depuis la fondation jusqu'à nos jours, 1635-1855'', volume II, 1855, p. 33. This is also the source of biographical details in this article. In 1685, he presided over the session of the Académie which pronounced the exclusion of

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. In 1693, he published a two-volume work entitled ''Réflexions sur le christianisme enseigné dans l'Église catholique''. According to the abbé d'Olivet, this treatise's style "responded no less to its author's quality as a historian than the subject responded to his character as a bishop."

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Biography at Académie française
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaumont Bishops of Dax Members of the Académie Française 1617 births 1697 deaths