Jacques Antoine Hippolyte Guibert
Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte, comte de Guibert (born November 12, 1743 in Montauban , † May 6, 1790 in Paris ) was a French officer and military writer.
Life
Guibert accompanied his father, who was chief of staff in the French army stationed in Germany during the Seven Years' War , and was soon taken on as captain . In 1767 Guibert took part in the campaign on Corsica , then toured Germany and in 1788 was promoted to Maréchal de camp and appointed divisiosns inspector of the infantry in the Artois.
In 1786 Guibert was accepted into the Académie française . Shortly before the French Revolution , the French Minister of War, Claude-Louis, comte de Saint-Germain, planned a major army reform in which Guibert played an essential part. He also spoke out in favor of the introduction of general conscription .
Guibert wrote historical treatises, tragedies , travelogues, an eulogy for Frederick the Great , but especially military writings.
Jacques Antoine Hippolyte Count von Guibert died on May 6, 1790 in Paris.
Publications (excerpt)
- Essai general de tactique . 2 vols. London ( 1770 , 1772 )
- Défense du système de guerre modern . 2 vols. Neuchâtel ( 1779 )
- De la force publique . Paris ( 1790 )
- Histoire des la constitution militaire de France . In: Oeuvres militaires. 5 vols. Paris ( 1803 ), ed. by Guibert's widow, unfinished
bibliography
- Heuser, Beatrice: "Guibert" in Thomas Jäger, Rasmus Beckmann (Ed.): Handbook of War Theories . Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften ( 2011 ), pp. 198–205.
Web links
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
- Literature by and about Jacques Antoine Hippolyte Guibert in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
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SURNAME | Guibert, Jacques Antoine Hippolyte |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Guibert, Jacques Antoine Hippolyte Count of |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French officer and military writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1743 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Montauban |
DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1790 |
Place of death | Paris |