Philippe Habert (1604 – 26 July 1637) was a French poet. Habert was born in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

and was the brother to

Germain Habert Germain Habert de Cérisy (1610 – May 1654) was a French churchman and poet. He was abbot of Saint-Vigor. Germain Habert was born in Paris. He was the cousin of Henri Louis Habert de Montmor, brother of Philippe Habert and like Philippe a f ...

and cousin of

Henri Louis Habert de Montmor Henri Louis Habert de Montmort ( 1600, Paris – 21 January 1679, Paris) was a French scholar and man of letters. Biography Cousin to Philippe Habert and Germain Habert, he became conseiller du roi aged 25, then in 1632 rose to become maître d ...

, as well as a friend of

Valentin Conrart Valentin Conrart (; 1603 – 23 September 1675) was a French author, and as a founder of the Académie française, the first occupant of seat 2. Biography He was born in Paris of Calvinist parents, and was educated for business. However, aft ...

. Philippe was also one of the first members of the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

, and contributed to editing its statutes. An artillery captain, he was killed aged 25 at Aimeries in

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, when a wall fell on him as a result of the explosion of a munitions depot in Hainaut.

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Biography at the Académie française
{{DEFAULTSORT:Habert, Philippe 1604 births 1637 deaths Poets from Paris Members of the Académie Française 17th-century French writers 17th-century French male writers French male poets People from the Province of Île-de-France

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