Jean-Antoine de Mesmes

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Jean-Antoine de Mesmes (born November 18, 1661 in Paris , † August 23, 1723 ibid) was a French lawyer and member of the Académie française .

life and work

Jean-Antoine de Mesmes was the son of Jean-Jacques de Mesmes (1630–1688), member of the Académie française, nephew of Jean-Antoine de Mesmes, called d'Avaux (1640–1709), with whom he should not be confused , and great-nephew of Claude de Mesmes (1595–1650). Like his father, he embarked on a legal career and worked at the Parlement in Paris, from 1712 as its chief president. He was interested in literature and frequented the court of the Duchess of Maine in Sceaux . There he belonged to the order of the bee . Without his own literary production, he was admitted to the Académie française (seat No. 22) in 1710. He was an officer in the Order of the Holy Spirit and a Knight of the Order of Michael . He died in 1723 at the age of 61.

literature

  • Histoire des membres de l'Academie francoise , morts depuis 1700 jusq'en 1771, pour servir de suite aux Eloges imprimes & lus dans les Seances publiques de cette compagnie. Par M. D'Alembert. Vol. 4. Amsterdam 1787, pp. 339-346. (with date of birth) [1]
  • Supplement aux anciennes editions du Grand dictionaire historique de Mre. Louis Moreri . Vol. 2. I-Z. Amsterdam 1716, p. 203. (Date of birth) [2]

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personal data
SURNAME Mesmes, Jean-Antoine de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Mesmes, Jean-Antoine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French lawyer and member of the Académie française
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1661
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH August 23, 1723
Place of death Paris