Claude Sallier

Claude Sallier (born April 4, 1685 in Saulieu , † September 6, 1761 in Paris ) was a French Roman Catholic clergyman, orientalist, librarian and member of the Académie française .

Life

Claude Sallier attended high school in Saulieu. After studying in Dijon , he was tutor of the son († 1745) of Marie Marguerite de Tourzel d'Alègre, Countess of Rupelmonde (1688-1752). In Paris, supported by his mentor Jean-Paul Bignon , he made a steep career as a scholar and philologist: 1715 member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres , 1719 professor of Hebrew at the Collège royal , 1726 librarian to the king, 1729 member of the Académie française (seat no. 16), 1744 member of the Royal Society and 1747 member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . As a central librarian, he communicated with many great minds of his time. Louis I. de Bourbon, duc d'Orléans paid him a pension.

Works

• (with Pierre-Jean Boudot, 1689–1771) Catalog des livres imprimés de la Bibliothèque du Roi . 7 vols. Paris 1739–1753.
  • 1-3. Theology (1739–1742)
  • 4-5. Belles-lettres (1750)
  • 6-7. Jurisprudence (1753)
• (Ed. With Anicet Melot and Jean Capperonnier) Jean de Joinville : Histoire de saint Louis . D'après les manuscrits de la Bibliothèque du Roi et accompagné d'un glossaire. Paris 1761.

literature

• Léone Pia-Lachapelle: Claude Sallier 1685–1761 . In: Mémoires de l'Académie des sciences, arts et belles-lettres de Dijon 125, 1981-1982, pp. 221-233.
• Charles Le Beau: Eloge de M. l'abbé Sallier . In: Histoire de l'Académie royale des inscriptions et belles-lettres, avec les Mémoires de Littérature 31, 1768, pp. 307-314.
• Laurent Portes: Claude Sallier (1685–1761) dans la République des lettres . In: Revue de la BNF 38, 2011, pp. 57-63.

Web links

• Information on Claude Sallier in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
• Literature by and about Claude Sallier in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
• Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)