Jean Gallois
Jean Gallois (born June 14, 1632 in Paris , † April 9, 1707 ibid) was a French scholar and clergyman.
Gallois, who was Abbé von Cuers as a clergyman , was a polymath and founded the Journal des Savants in 1665 with Denis de Sallo , which he edited alone until 1674. From 1668, shortly after its establishment, he was in the Académie des sciences (1668/69 as its secretary) and he was secretary of the Academie des Inscriptions. He was the king's librarian and from 1686 professor of mathematics and then of Greek at the College Royale. Gallois was patronized by Colbert and his son Seignelay and in 1672 became a member of the Académie française . After Voltaire (Siecle de Louis XIV), he gave the busy Colbert lessons in Latin on his carriage rides to Versailles.
His Breviarium Colbertinum was published in 1672 (in English translation in London in 1912/13). Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle wrote his obituary.
Web links
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gallois, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1632 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1707 |
| Place of death | Paris |