Jacques Adam

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Jacques Adam (* 1663 in Vendôme ; † November 12, 1735 in Paris ) was a French scholar, translator and member of the Académie française .

life and work

Scholar and Educator

Jacques Adam grew up as the youngest of eight children in Vendôme and attended the Oratorian School . At the age of 14 he was so learned that his parents sent him to Paris to see Charles Rollin , who, amazed at his knowledge, recommended him to Claude Fleury , on whose church history he contributed. The great Conti (1664–1709) became aware of him and made him the tutor of his son Louis Armand II. De Bourbon, prince de Conti (1695–1727), whom he also accompanied as secretary during the time of his military command. Conti valued him so much that he appointed him tutor of his own son, Louis François I de Bourbon, prince de Conti (1717–1776). Adam rejected the role as a cleric, which was a fitting role according to the customs of the time.

In 1723, Conti gave him seat no. 36 in the Académie française, which was not sought after by Claude Fleury. D'Alembert is full of praise for the hardworking role he played there with complete humility. He had a family and died in 1735 at the age of 72.

translator

Adam went public in 1712 with the translation from Italian of the memoirs of Marshal Raimondo Montecuccoli . He was one of five translators (from Latin) of the tremendous contemporary history work by Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553-1617), which appeared in 1734 in 14 volumes. D'Alembert reports that Adam left a translation from the Greek of the scholarly meal of Athenaios , which René Gabriel Félix Grégoire Desaunays (also: Abbé Desaunays, 1732–1811) wanted to publish, but which, under the influence of 1789–1791, he wanted to publish in 5 Volumes published Banquet des savants (translated by Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre de Villebrune, 1732-1809) waived.

Works (translator)

  • Memoires de Montecuculi generalissime des troupes de l'Empereur ou principes de l'art militaire en général . Traduits d'italien en François par ***. Et dediez à SAS monseigneur le Prince de Conty. Paris, chez Jean Muzier, Paris 1712. (numerous other editions)
  • (with others) Histoire universelle de Jacques-Auguste de Thou, depuis 1543 jusqu'en 1607 . Traduite sur l'édition latine de Londres. 14 vols. London (= Paris) 1734.

literature

  • Jean Le Rond d'Alembert: Eloge de Jacques Adam. In: Same, œuvres . Vol. 3. Paris 1821, pp. 182-187.

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personal data
SURNAME Adam, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French scholar, translator and member of the Académie française
DATE OF BIRTH 1663
PLACE OF BIRTH Vendôme
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1735
Place of death Paris