Claude de Thiard de Bissy
Claude de Thiard de Bissy (born October 13, 1721 in Paris , † September 26, 1810 in Pierre-de-Bresse ) was a French nobleman, general and member of the Académie française .
Life
Claude de Thiard, Count von Bissy, was a descendant of the family of the poet Pontus de Thiard from Bissy-sur-Fley . He was the great-nephew of Cardinal Henri Pons de Thiard de Bissy , the older brother of General Henri de Thiard de Bissy (1723-1794) and the father of General Auxonne-Marie-Théodose de Thiard , Count of Bissy. In 1750, at the age of 29, he was elected to the Académie française (seat no. 12) and was a member of it for 60 years. He was particularly interested in English literature. He died in 1810 at the age of 88.
Works
- (Translator) Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke : Lettres sur l'esprit de patriotisme, sur l'idée d'un roy patriote et sur l'état des partis qui divisoient l'Angleterre, lors de l'avénement de Georges I . Edinburgh 1750. (Revision of an existing translation)
- Histoire d'Ema . Novel. Paris 1752.
literature
- Bernard Alis: Les Thiard. Guerriers et beaux esprits . L'Harmattan, Paris 1997.
Web links
- Information on Claude de Thiard de Bissy in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- Literature by and about Claude de Thiard de Bissy in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
- Appreciation by his successor in the Académie française , French
- Literature by and about Claude de Thiard de Bissy in the bibliographic database WorldCat
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thiard de Bissy, Claude de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French nobleman, general and member of the Académie française |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1721 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 1810 |
| Place of death | Pierre-de-Bresse |