Armand-Jérôme Bignon
Armand-Jérôme Bignon (born October 21, 1711 in Paris , † June 8, 1772 ibid) was a French civil servant, librarian to the king and member of the Académie française , and the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres .
life and work
Armand-Jérôme Bignon was the nephew of Jean-Paul Bignon , the younger brother of Jérôme Bignon de Blanzy (1698–1743) and the father of Jérôme-Frédéric Bignon (1747–1784), all four royal librarians. Armand-Jérôme Bignon made a career as a lawyer in state administration. After the death of his older brother Jérôme in 1743 he took over his post as the king's librarian, held it until 1770 and then bequeathed it to his son Jérôme-Frédéric. In 1743 he was admitted to the Académie française (seat no. 20) and in 1751 to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. He was appointed to the Council of State in 1762 and from 1764 was Vogt of Paris and as such a kind of Lord Mayor. Except for academic speeches, he left no printed writings.
Web links
- Information on Armand-Jérôme Bignon in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- Literature by and about Armand-Jérôme Bignon in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
- Praise Bignons by Charles-Just de Beauvau, 1772 , French
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bignon, Armand-Jérôme |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French librarian, Vogt of Paris and member of the Académie française |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1711 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1772 |
| Place of death | Paris |