Simon-Jérôme Bourlet, abbé de Vauxcelles (; 11 August 1733 – 18 March 1802) was an 18th-century French priest and journalist during the French Revolution.

Biography

Born in

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, he was a preacher of the king, canon of

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, reader for the Comte d'Artois, curator of the

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(1787), abbot of

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. He preached successfully and worked, among others, at 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 the ''

Journal de Paris The (1777–1840) was the first daily French newspaper.(7 October 2014)The first French daily: Journal de Paris History of JournalismAndrews, ElizabethBetween Auteurs and Abonnés: Reading the Journal de Paris, 1787–1789 ''Journal of the Weste ...

''. Like others, he was a victim of the repressive policies of the

French Directory The Directory (also called Directorate; ) was the system of government established by the Constitution of the Year III, French Constitution of 1795. It takes its name from the committee of 5 men vested with executive power. The Directory gov ...

against journalists, and a decree dated 17 January (28 Nivose) ordered his deportation to

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. We have some eulogies and some funeral orations by him, but he is best known for his edition of the ''Lettres de Mme de Sévigné'', Paris, 1801, 10 volumes in-12°. He participated in the proofreading of the fifth edition of the ''

Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française The (; English: Dictionary of the French academy) is a French language dictionary published by the . The is an institution tasked with establishing rules for the use of the French language, the compilation of a dictionary being one of its prima ...

'' (1798). A resident member of the

Société des observateurs de l'homme Société des observateurs de l'homme, rendered in English as Society of Observers of Man, was a French learned society founded in Paris in 1799. Long considered the birthplace of French anthropology, the society nevertheless dissolved in 1804. ...

, he also translate
''Dialogues on Medals'' (''De l'allégorie, ou Traités sur cette matière''
by

Joseph Addison Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 May 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was the eldest son of Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Steele, with w ...

. Bourlet de Vauxcelles died in Paris.

Works

* ''Oraison funèbre de Louis XV ..- A Paris : chez Saugrain'', 1774 ibliothèque de la SHAS, Senlis

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