Jean-Louis Aubert (15 February 1731 in

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– 10 November 1814 in Paris), called the Abbé Aubert, was a French dramatist, poet and journalist, son of the violinist and composer

Jacques Aubert Jacques Aubert (30 September 1689 – 19 May 1753), also known as Jacques Aubert le Vieux (Jacques Aubert the Elder), was a French composer and violinist of the Baroque period. From 1727 to 1746, he was a member of the Vingt-quatre Violons du Ro ...

(1686-1753) and brother of Louis Aubert (painter). Aubert was educated at the

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and entered the order. In 1741, Aubert entered the editorial staff of the ', where he was literary critic. In 1752, he created the '. He opposed the encyclopedists. Aubert published ' in the ''

Mercure de France The () was originally a French gazette and literary magazine first published in the 17th century, but after several incarnations has evolved as a publisher, and is now part of the Éditions Gallimard publishing group. The gazette was publis ...

'' and in 1756 '.

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found his fables "just good for children, not being allowed to be too difficult";

Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, philosopher (''philosophe''), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit ...

on the contrary recommended them. 1761-1763 appeared the ', 1765 ' and '. A protégé of Vergennes, Aubert joined the ''

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'', replacing the

abbé Mercier ''Abbé'' (from Latin , in turn from Greek , , from Aramaic ''abba'', a title of honour, literally meaning "the father, my father", emphatic state of ''abh'', "father") is the French word for an abbot. It is also the title used for lower-ranki ...

, which he renamed the '. In 1773, he was made chair of literature at the Collège Royal and replaced Marin as director of the ''Gazette de France'' in 1774. Aubert wrote essays of the ''Critiques'' of Voltaire and published the ' (Paris, 1774), ' (Paris, 1788), ' (poems, Paris year VIII) and ' (Amsterdam, 1760-1762)

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