François Arnaud (ecclesiastic)
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François Arnaud was a French clergyman, writer and philologist.
and librarian to the count of Provence (the future Louis XVIII of France
), he contributed to the Journal étranger and the Gazette littéraire de l'Europe. A friend of Suard
, he also attended the salons of Mme Necker
and Mlle Lespinasse
. Through Mlle Lespinasse's support he was elected to the Académie française
on 11 April 1771 and was received into it by Châteaubrun on 13 May, making the subject of his reception speech On the character of ancient languages compared to the French language. The same year he was admitted to the Académie des Inscriptions. He collaborated with Fréron
and, alongside Suard, led the Glück
ists in their quarrel with the Piccinnists
. His collected works amount to 3 volumes.
Life
Abbé of GrandchampGrandchamp
Grandchamp may refer to the following communes in France:*Grandchamp, Ardennes, in the Ardennes department*Grandchamp, Haute-Marne, in the Haute-Marne department*Grandchamp, Sarthe, in the Sarthe department*Grandchamp, Yvelines, in the Yvelines department...
and librarian to the count of Provence (the future Louis XVIII of France
Louis XVIII of France
Louis XVIII , known as "the Unavoidable", was King of France and of Navarre from 1814 to 1824, omitting the Hundred Days in 1815...
), he contributed to the Journal étranger and the Gazette littéraire de l'Europe. A friend of Suard
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard was a French journalist, translator and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment....
, he also attended the salons of Mme Necker
Suzanne Curchod
Suzanne Curchod was a French-Swiss salonist and writer. She hosted one of the most celebrated salons of the Ancien Régime. She was the wife of Jacques Necker, and is often referenced in historical documents as Madame Necker....
and Mlle Lespinasse
Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse
Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse owned a prominent salon in France.-Early life:She was born in Lyon, an illegitimate child of the comtesse d'Albon, but was brought up as the daughter of Claude Lespinasse of Lyon...
. Through Mlle Lespinasse's support he was elected to the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
on 11 April 1771 and was received into it by Châteaubrun on 13 May, making the subject of his reception speech On the character of ancient languages compared to the French language. The same year he was admitted to the Académie des Inscriptions. He collaborated with Fréron
Élie Catherine Fréron
Élie Catherine Fréron was a French critic and controversialist whose career focused on countering the influence of the philosophes of the French Enlightenment, partly thorough his vehicle, the Année littéraire...
and, alongside Suard, led the Glück
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck was an opera composer of the early classical period. After many years at the Habsburg court at Vienna, Gluck brought about the practical reform of opera's dramaturgical practices that many intellectuals had been campaigning for over the years...
ists in their quarrel with the Piccinnists
Niccolò Piccinni
Niccolò Piccinni was an Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera. Although he is somewhat obscure, even to music lovers today, Piccinni was one of the most popular composers of opera—particularly the Neapolitan opera buffa—of his day...
. His collected works amount to 3 volumes.