Antoine-François Brisson

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Antoine-François Brisson (born October 25, 1728 in Paris , † 1796 Lyon ) was a French lawyer and encyclopedist of the 18th century.

Live and act

He was Inspector of Commerce and Manufacturers , Inspecteur du commerce et des manufactures de la généralité de Lyon in Lyon . Brisson was a member of the Academy of Lyon, Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon and published 23 manuscripts on various subjects at the Académie de Villefranche , the Société économique de Berne and for the Sociétés d'agriculture de Beauvais et de Lyon . He had a son, Barnabé Brisson (1777-1828).

He wrote the article on canvas manufacture, toilerie for the Encyclopédie by Denis Diderot and Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert .

literature

  • Joseph-Marie Quérard: La Littérature française contemporaine. Daguin Frères, Paris 1842, p. 533.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frank A. Kafker: Notices sur les auteurs of dix-sept volumes de "discours" de l'Encyclopédie. Research on Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie. 1989, Volume 7, Numéro 7, p. 133
  2. ↑ JJ O'Connor; EF Robertson: Barnabé Brisson. School of Mathematics and Statistics. University of St Andrews, Scotland
personal data
SURNAME Brisson, Antoine-François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French lawyer and encyclopaedist
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1728
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 1796
Place of death Lyon