François-Jean de Chastellux
François-Jean de Chastellux (born May 5, 1734 in Paris , † October 24, 1788 ibid) was a French military and writer.
Life
De Chastellux fought under the command of Comte de Rochambeau during the American Revolutionary War . He also got to know George Washington personally and through him later also Thomas Jefferson . In 1781 he was elected to both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society .
When de Chastellux was back in France, he settled in Paris and from that time devoted himself only to his literary work. 1775 elected the Académie française de Chastellux to succeed the late playwright Jean-Baptiste Vivien de Châteaubrun ( armchair 2 ); himself followed Aimar-Charles-Marie de Nicolaï to this square.
The painter Charles Willson Peale created a remarkable portrait of François-Jean de Chastellux.
Works (selection)
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De la félicité publique ou considérations sur le sort des hommes, dans les differentes époques de l'histoire . Sorbonne, Paris 1989 (reprint of the Paris 1768 edition)
- (Trans.) As to the happiness of the people, or reflections on the fate of the people in the different periods of history. Translated from French from the latest, improved and enlarged edition. Leipzig, Weygand, 1780
- Éloge de M. Helvetius . Paris 1774.
- Essai sur l'union de la poésie et de la musique . Slatkine, Geneva 1970 (reprint of the Paris 1765 edition).
- Iphigénie en Aulide. Opéra . Paris 1773.
- Voyage de M. le marquis de Chastellux dans l'Amerique septentrionale, dans les années 1780, 1781 et 1782 . Tallandier, Paris 1980 (reprint of the Paris 1786 edition).
literature
- Paul Mesnard: Histoire de l'académie française depuis sa fondation jusqu'en 1830 . Charpentier Paris 1857.
Web links
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member History: Marquis François J. de Chastellux. American Philosophical Society, accessed June 18, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chastellux, François-Jean de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French military and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1734 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1788 |
| Place of death | Paris |