Nicolas Gédoyn
Nicolas Gédoyn (born June 15, 1677 in Orléans , † August 10, 1744 in Beaugency ) was a French cleric and translator.
Gédoyn received his education at a college of the Jesuit order . He then got a job as a "teacher of rhetoric" in Blois , today's Loir-et-Cher department . Later he was appointed canon in Sainte-Chapelle (Paris) and as such he also worked in the Abbey of Beaugency.
In 1719 Gédoyn was appointed to the Académie française (armchair 3) as the successor to the late Jacques-Louis de Valon . He was succeeded in 1744 by François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis . In 1722 Gédoyn was appointed a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres .
Works (selection)
- as an author
- Recueil d'opuscules litteraires . Paris 1767.
- Reflections on le gôut . Paris 1768.
- as translator
- Quintilian : De l'institution de l'orateur . 1718
- Pausanias : Voyage historique de la Grèce . 1731.
Web links
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gédoyn, Nicolas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cleric and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1677 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orleans |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1744 |
| Place of death | Beaugency |