Étienne Lauréault de Foncemagne

Étienne Lauréault de Foncemagne (born May 8, 1694 in Orléans , † September 26, 1779 in Paris ) was a French scholar.

Life

In 1722 he was elected to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and in 1736 to the Académie française (Fauteuil 14).

He became famous through the dispute with Voltaire over the will politique du cardinal de Richelieu , the authenticity of which he proved.

Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
Luise Adelgunde Victorie Gottsched (1713–1762, translator): The Lord of Foncemagne's general draft about the tournaments and the round table. From: History of the Royal Academy of Fine Sciences in Paris, which at the same time contains innumerable treatises from all the free arts, learned languages and antiquities . Part ninth. Johann Paul Krauss, Leipzig 1756, pp. 419-431, PDF
Foncemagne . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 6 . Altenburg 1858, p. 406 ( zeno.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	Foncemagne, Étienne Lauréault de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French scholar
DATE OF BIRTH	May 8, 1694
PLACE OF BIRTH	Orleans
DATE OF DEATH	September 26, 1779
Place of death	Paris