André Dacier
André Dacier (born April 6, 1651 in Castres (Tarn) , † September 18, 1722 in Paris ) was a French philologist and royal librarian.
Life
The son of a Protestant lawyer studied first at the Academy of Puylaurens, then with the important Huguenot humanist Tanneguy Le Fèvre in Saumur. After his death in 1672, he and the daughter of his former teacher, Anne Le Fèvre , went to Paris, where they contributed to the edition ad usum Delphini ( on the use of the Dauphin ) by Charles de Sainte-Maure, Duke of Montausier , in which the works of the classical ancient writers appeared in annotated French translations.
In 1682 he finally married Anne Le Fèvre . In 1685 he converted to Catholicism and in 1695 became a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Académie Française (Fauteuil 28), which appointed him permanent secretary in 1713. In 1708 he became royal librarian at the Louvre .
He died in Paris in 1722 and was buried next to his wife in the St-Germain-l'Auxerrois cemetery .
His French translations a. a. The works of Horace , Aristotle , Plato , Epictetus and Plutarch are regarded by posterity as linguistically correct and exact reproductions, but not necessarily as transmissions that perfectly match tone and spirit.
literature
- Dacier, André . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 7 : Constantine Pavlovich - Demidov . London 1910, p. 728 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dacier, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French philologist and librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1651 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castres (Tarn) |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 1722 |
| Place of death | Paris |