Philip Florent de Puisieux
Philip Florent de Puisieux (born November 28, 1713 in Meaux , † October 1772 in Paris ) was a French lawyer, journalist, translator and ambassador to France.
Live and act
He translated and anonymously published a large number of Latin texts into French, Italian and English. His collaboration with the works of his wife, née Madeleine d'Arsant, is not clearly determined, but very likely. As far as we know today, Madeleine d'Arsant de Puisieux is also attributed the texts with the title La Femme n'est pas inférieure à l'homme (1750) and Le Triomphe des dames (1751), which for a long time were regarded as her husband's productions . Philip Florent de Puisieux was a lawyer at the Paris Parlement , but also a writer and ambassador of France in Switzerland, ambassadeur de France en Suisse . His wife had a love affair with Denis Diderot .
Works (selection)
- La femme n'est pas inférieure à l'homme. Londres [i. e. Paris], (1750)
- Le triomphe des dames. (1751)
- Les voyageurs modern, ou Abrégé de plusieurs voyages faits en Europe, Asie & Afrique. Paris, Nyon et al., (1760)
- Antonio Cocchi : Regime de Pythagore. La Haye et Paris, Gogué et al., (1762)
- Anonymous: La campagne. Londres, (1767)
- Antonio Cocchi: Recueil de pièces de médecine et de physique . Paris, d'Houry, (1763)
- Miss Osmond: Les Frères ou Histoire de Miss Osmond. Amsterdam, JL De Boubers, (1766)
- Henry Fielding: Amélie: histoire angloise. Rheims, Cazin, (1784)
- William Lewis: Experiences physiques et chymiques, sur plusieurs matières relatives au commerce & aux arts. 3 vol., Paris, Desaint, (1768–1769)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ P. et M. Florent de Puisieux. In: Marc Angenot: Les champions des femmes. PUQ, 1977, ISBN 978-0-7770-0212-4 , p. 80 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Puisieux, Philip Florent de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French lawyer, journalist, translator and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1713 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meaux |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1772 |
| Place of death | Paris |