Pierre-Remy-Antoine-Guillaume Guéroult, called "" (Young Guéroult), (16 January 1749,

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14 December 1816) was an 18th–19th-century French scholar. The year he died he was made a chevalier of the

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Works

*1790: ''Origine de la république une et indivisible'', drama which he offered in homage to the National Constituent Assembly. *1802: ''Dictionnaire de la France monarchique, ou la France telle qu’elle était en janvier 1789'' ; in-8° ; *1783–1789: t.VIII de la traduction des œuvres de

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(with his brother Guéroult aîné). This translation was directed by Jean-Marie-Bernard Clément and Jean-Nicolas Démeunier, 8 vol. in-12, ou 3 vol. 4°. The volume by the Guéroult brothers includes the ''Harangue sur les réponses des aruspices'', that ''pour Sextus'', the ''Plaidoyers pour Plancius et pour Celius'', and the ''Invective contre Vatinius'' ; *1794: ''Constitution des Spartiates, des Athéniens et des Romains'', in-8°. He left manuscripts of the translation of several ''Discours'' by Cicero and one opera, ''Étéocle et Polynice'', non presented.

Sources

* Théodore-Éloi Lebreton, ''Biographie normande'', t. 2, Rouen, Le Brument, 1858, p. 185-6.

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