François-Nicolas-Vincent Campenon
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François Nicolas Vincent Campenon (Saint-François, Guadeloupe
Saint-François, Guadeloupe
Saint-François is a commune on the department of Guadeloupe. It lies on the south-east point of the island of Grande-Terre.-Geography:Some settlements are depending of the commune of Saint-François, such as:* Chassaing* Dubedou* Kahouanne-References:*...

, 29 March 1772 - Villecresnes
Villecresnes
Villecresnes is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Transport:Villecresnes is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Villecresnes is Boissy-Saint-Léger station on Paris RER line A...

, 29 November 1843) was a French poet and translator from Latin and English.

Poems

  • Épître aux femmes (1800)
  • La Maison des champs, poëme (1810)
  • L'Enfant prodigue, poëme en IV chants (1811)
  • Poèmes et opuscules en vers et en prose (2 volumes, 1823)
  • Œuvres poétiques (1844)

Translations

  • Œuvres d'Horace
    Horace
    Quintus Horatius Flaccus , known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus.-Life:...

    , traduites par MM. Campenon et Després, accompagnées du Commentaire de l'abbé Galiani
    Ferdinando Galiani
    Ferdinando Galiani was an Italian economist, a leading Italian figure of the Enlightenment. Friedrich Nietzsche called him the "most fastidious and refined intelligence" of the 18th century....

    , précédées d'un essai sur la vie et les écrits d'Horace et de recherches sur sa maison de campagne
    (1821)
  • Histoire d'Écosse
    Scotland
    Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

     depuis la naissance de Marie Stuart jusqu'à l'avènement de Jacques VI
    James I of England
    James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...

     au trône d'Angleterre par W. Robertson
    William Robertson
    Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1916 to 1918, during the First World War...

    (3 volumes, 1821)
  • Chefs-d'œuvre des théâtres étrangers traduits en français (1822–23)
  • Histoire d'Angleterre depuis l'invasion de Jules César
    Caesar's invasions of Britain
    In his Gallic Wars, Julius Caesar invaded Britain twice, in 55 and 54 BC. The first invasion, made late in summer, was either intended as a full invasion or a reconnaissance-in-force expedition...

     jusqu'à la révolution de 1688
    Glorious Revolution
    The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, is the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau...

     par David Hume
    David Hume
    David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, known especially for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism. He was one of the most important figures in the history of Western philosophy and the Scottish Enlightenment...

    , et depuis 1688 jusqu'à 1760, par Smollett
    Tobias Smollett
    Tobias George Smollett was a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for his picaresque novels, such as The Adventures of Roderick Random and The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle , which influenced later novelists such as Charles Dickens.-Life:Smollett was born at Dalquhurn, now part of Renton,...

    , continuée jusqu'en 1783, par Adolphus
    John Adolphus
    John Adolphus was an English historian from London. He studied law and was called to the Bar in 1807. He wrote Biographical Memoirs of the French Revolution and History of England from 1760-1783 , and other historical and biographical works.His son, John Leycester Adolphus was an English...

    , et terminée par un Précis des évènements qui se sont passés sous le règne de George III, jusqu'en 1820, par Aikin
    John Aikin
    John Aikin was an English doctor and writer.-Life:He was born at Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, England, son of Dr. John Aikin, Unitarian divine, and received his elementary education at the Nonconformist academy at Warrington, where his father was a tutor. He studied medicine at the...

     et quelques historiens anglois, traduite de l'anglais, précédée d'un Essai sur la vie et les écrits de David Hume par M. Campenon (19 volumes, 1825–27). Online text

Other

  • Voyage à Chambéry (1796). Republished : 2003. Online text
  • Essais de mémoires ou Lettres sur la vie, le caractère et les écrits de J.-F. Ducis
    Jean-François Ducis
    Jean-François Ducis was a French dramatist and adapter of Shakespeare.-Biography:Ducis was born at Versailles....

    (1824)

External links

  • Works by or about François-Nicolas-Vincent Campenon at Internet Archive
    Internet Archive
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     (scanned books original editions)
  • Académie Française
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