Jean Gallois (; ; 14 June 1632 – 9 April 1707) was a French scholar and

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Biography

Gallois was born in Paris. He was abbot of the priory of Cuers and a royal librarian. He was named to the

Académie des sciences The French Academy of Sciences (French: ''Académie des sciences'') is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. It was at the ...

in 1669 and elected a 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 ...

in 1672. Also a member of the

Académie des Inscriptions An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, ...

, he became its permanent secretary. He was professor of mathematics, then of Greek, at the Collège Royal, from 1686; the king named him its inspector, and at the same time he was elected syndic by its assembly of professors. Gallois was co-founder with

Denis de Sallo Denis de Sallo, Sieur de la Coudraye (1626May 14, 1669) was a French writer and lawyer from Paris, known as the founder of the first French, and European literary and scientific journal - the ''Journal des sçavans'' (later renamed ''Journal des sav ...

of the ''

Journal des sçavans The ''Journal des sçavans'' (later renamed ''Journal des savans'' and then ''Journal des savants,'' lit. ''Journal of the Learned''), established by Denis de Sallo, is the earliest academic journal published in Europe. It is thought to be the ear ...

'', and directed its publication from 1666 to 1674. Readers of the ''Journal'' found Sallo outrageously lacking in respectfulness, while also complaining of review articles by Gallois as no more than bland compilations. Gallois died in Paris.

Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778) was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (; also ; ), he was famous for his wit, and his ...

called him a universal scholar, and commented on the Latin lessons he was supposed to have given Colbert in his carriage, travelling between Versailles and Paris.

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His ''Breviarium Colbertinum'' was published in 1679. An English translation appeared in 1912–13.Online text.
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Biography at the Académie française
* Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle
''Éloge de M. l'abbé Gallois'' (1707)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gallois 1632 births 1707 deaths French abbots 17th-century French writers 17th-century French male writers Catholic clergy scientists Members of the French Academy of Sciences Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres

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