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 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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, 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 ariettes, 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,

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

External links

Jean-François-Henri Collot on Wikisource
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