biography
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Brosses, Charles de
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nickname Le Président
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pronunciation:
[bros]
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| lived:
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| biography:
| Magistrate and writer, born in Dijon, E France. He was a co-disciple of Buffon with the Jesuits, and a liberal. Close to the Encyclopédistes, he was drawn to the study of the mechanics of languages, on which he wrote an essay in 1675. His Lettres sur l'Italie, published after a journey there, brought him fame, and he also produced a compilation of the works of Sallust. He won a lawsuit against Voltaire, who barred his way to the Académie, and became the first president of the Parlement under Louis XVI in 1775. |
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