List of members of the Académie française
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This is a list of members of the Académie française
(French Academy) by seat number. The primary professions of the academician
s are noted. The dates shown indicate the terms of the members, who generally serve for life. Some, however, were "excluded" during the reorganisations of 1803 and 1816 and at other times.
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,...
(French Academy) by seat number. The primary professions of the academician
Academician
The title Academician denotes a Full Member of an art, literary, or scientific academy.In many countries, it is an honorary title. There also exists a lower-rank title, variously translated Corresponding Member or Associate Member, .-Eastern Europe and China:"Academician" may also be a functional...
s are noted. The dates shown indicate the terms of the members, who generally serve for life. Some, however, were "excluded" during the reorganisations of 1803 and 1816 and at other times.
Seat 1
- Pierre SéguierPierre Séguier-Early years:Born in Paris, France of a prominent legal family originating in Quercy. His grandfather, Pierre Séguier , was président à mortier in the parlement of Paris from 1554 to 1576, and the chancellor's father, Jean Séguier, a seigneur d'Autry, was civil lieutenant of Paris at the time of...
, 1635–1643, politician and magistrate - Claude Bazin de BezonsClaude Bazin de BezonsClaude Bazin de Bezons was a French lawyer, politician, and second holder of l'Académie Française, seat 1.-Biography:Bazin de Bezons was born in Paris, France...
, 1643–1684, lawyer - Nicolas Boileau-DespréauxNicolas Boileau-DespréauxNicolas Boileau-Despréaux was a French poet and critic.-Biography:Boileau was born in the rue de Jérusalem, in Paris, France. He was brought up to the law, but devoted to letters, associating himself with La Fontaine, Racine, and Molière...
, 1684–1711, poet - Jean d'EstréesJean d'EstréesJean d'Estrées was a French priest and politician.He was born in Paris, the nephew of Cardinal César d'Estrées and brother of Marshal Victor Marie d'Estrées, both academics. In 1692, Jean d'Estrées was given his first diplomatic mission, being responsible for the assurance of Portuguese...
, 1711–1718, ecclesiastic and politician - Marc-René d'ArgensonMarc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1652-1721)Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy, 1st marquis d'Argenson was a French politician.-Biography:Argenson was born in Venice where his father, also Marc-René, was ambassador...
, 1718–1721, politician - Jean-Joseph Languet de GergyJean-Joseph Languet de GergyJean-Joseph Languet de Gergy was a French ecclesiastic and theologian. He was first bishop of Soissons, then a member of the Académie française, and finally archbishop of Sens.-Biography:...
, 1721–1753, ecclesiastic - George-Louis Leclerc, comte de BuffonGeorges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de BuffonGeorges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopedic author.His works influenced the next two generations of naturalists, including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Georges Cuvier...
, 1753–1788, essayist - Félix Vicq-d'AzyrFélix Vicq-d'AzyrFélix Vicq d'Azyr was a French physician and anatomist, the originator of comparative anatomy and discoverer of the theory of homology in biology.-Biography:Vicq d'Azyr was born in Valognes, Normandy, the son of a physician...
, 1788–1794, medical doctor - François-Urbain DomergueFrançois-Urbain DomergueFrançois-Urbain Domergue was a French grammarian and journalist known for his Jacobin ideals .-Biography:Born to an apothecary, Domergue studied in his hometown of Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône and later at an oratory college in Marseille...
, 1803–1810, grammarian - Ange-François FariauAnge-François FariauAnge-François Fariau was a French poet and translator.Fariau was born in Blois, the son of an advisor to the king. He studied in the Jesuit college of Blois, and later at the Sainte-Barbe college in Paris. A protégé of Turgot, he went on to be a teacher in the Parisian school of rue...
, 1810, poet and translator - François-Auguste Parseval-GrandmaisonFrançois-Auguste Parseval-GrandmaisonFrançois-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison was a French poet. He was the eleventh occupant of the Académie française seat 1 in 1811. He is buried in Pere-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.- References :*...
, 1811–1834, poet - Narcisse-Achille de SalvandyNarcisse-Achille de SalvandyNarcisse-Achille de Salvandy was a French politician.He was born at Condom, Gers of a poor family of Irish extraction. He joined the army in 1813, and in the following year joined the household troops of Louis XVIII of France...
, 1835–1856, politician and historian - Émile AugierÉmile AugierGuillaume Victor Émile Augier was a French dramatist. He was the thirteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie française on 31 March 1857.-Biography:...
, 1857–1889, poet and playwright - Charles de FreycinetCharles de FreycinetCharles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet was a French statesman and Prime Minister during the Third Republic; he belonged to the Opportunist Republicans faction. He was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences, and in 1890, the fourteen member to occupy seat the Académie française.-Early years:He...
, 1890–1923, politician and physicist - Charles Émile PicardCharles Émile PicardCharles Émile Picard FRS was a French mathematician. He was elected the fifteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie Française in 1924.- Biography :...
, 1924–1941, mathematician - Louis de Broglie, 1944–1987, physicist and mathematician
- Michel DebréMichel DebréMichel Jean-Pierre Debré was a French Gaullist politician. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France, and was the first Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic...
, 1988–1996, politician - François FuretFrançois Furet-Biography:Born in Paris on 27 March 1927, into a wealthy family, François Furet was a brilliant student who graduated from the Sorbonne with the highest honors and soon decided on a life of research, teaching and writing. He received his education at the Lycée Janson de Sailly and at the faculty...
, 1997, historian - René RémondRené Rémond-Biography:Born in Lons-le-Saunier, Rémond was the Secretary General of Jeunesses étudiantes Catholiques and a member of the International YCS Center of Documentation and Information in Paris, presently the International Secretariat of International Young Catholic Students The author of books on...
, 1998–2007, historian - Claude DagensClaude DagensClaude Jean Pierre Dagens is a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as bishop of Angoulême.Previously the deputy bishop of the diocese of Poitiers from 1999 to 2005, he is a specialist in Catholic doctrine, and was elected the twentieth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie...
, elected 2008, bishop
Seat 2
- Valentin ConrartValentin ConrartValentin Conrart was a French author, and as a founder of the Académie française, the first occupant of seat 2.-Biography:He was born in Paris of Calvinist parents, and was educated for business. However, after his father's death in 1620, he began to move in literary circles, and soon acquired a...
, 1634–1675, poet and grammarian - Toussaint RoseToussaint RoseToussaint Rose was a French court secretary to Cardinal Mazarin and Louis XIV of France. He was elected the second member to occupy seat 2 of the Académie française in 1675.-References:...
, 1675–1701, orator - Louis de SacyLouis de SacyLouis de Sacy was a French author, and lawyer. He was the third member elected to occupy seat 2 of the Académie française in 1701.-Bibliography:* Lettres de Pline le Jeune * Traité de l’amitié * Traité de la gloire ...
, 1701–1727, lawyer - Charles de Secondat, baron de MontesquieuCharles de Secondat, baron de MontesquieuCharles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu , generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French social commentator and political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment...
, 1728–1755, magistrate and philosopher - Jean-Baptiste Vivien de Châteaubrun, 1755–1775, poet and playwright
- François-Jean de ChastelluxFrançois-Jean de ChastelluxFrançois Jean de Beauvoir, Marquis de Chastellux, was a military officer who served during the War of American Independence as a major general in the French expeditionary forces led by general Comte de Rochambeau...
, 1775–1788, musician - Aimar-Charles-Marie de NicolaïAimar-Charles-Marie de NicolaïAimar-Charles-Marie Nicolaï was a French magistrate in the Ancien Régime of France. He was the first president of the Chambre des Comptes, and the seventh member elected to occupy seat 2 of the Académie française in 1788....
, 1788–1794, magistrate - François de NeufchâteauFrançois de NeufchâteauNicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau was a French statesman, poet, and scientist.-Early years:Born at Saffais, in Meurthe-et-Moselle, the son of a schoolteacher, he studied at the Jesuit college of Neufchâteau in the Vosges, and at the age of fourteen published a volume of poetry which obtained...
, 1803–1828, politician and philologist - Pierre-Antoine LebrunPierre-Antoine LebrunPierre-Antoine Lebrun was a French poet.Lebrun was born in Paris. An Ode à la grande armée, mistaken at the time for the work of Écouchard Lebrun, attracted Napoleon's attention, and secured for the author a pension of 1200 francs. Lebrun's plays, once famous, are now forgotten...
, 1828–1873, politician and poet - Alexandre Dumas, filsAlexandre Dumas, filsAlexandre Dumas, fils was a French author and dramatist. He was the son of Alexandre Dumas, père, also a writer and playwright.-Biography:...
, 1874–1895, playwright and novelist - André TheurietAndré TheurietClaude Adhémar André Theuriet French poet and novelist, was born at Marly-le-Roi , and was educated at Bar-le-Duc in his mother's province of Lorraine....
, 1896–1907, novelist and poet - Jean RichepinJean RichepinJean Richepin , French poet, novelist and dramatist, the son of an army doctor, was born at Médéa, French Algeria.At school and at the École Normale Supérieure he gave evidence of brilliant, if somewhat undisciplined, powers, for which he found physical vent in different directions—first as a...
, 1908–1926, poet and novelist - Émile MâleÉmile MâleÉmile Mâle was a French art historian, one of the first to study medieval, mostly sacral French art and the influence of eastern European iconography thereon. He was a member of the Académie Française, and a director of the Académie de France à Rome....
, 1927–1954, art historian - François Albert-BuissonFrançois Albert-BuissonFrançois Albert-Buisson was a French entrepreneur, industrial, consular magistrate, economist, politician, historian. He was the fourteenth member elected to occupy seat 2 of the Académie française in 1955....
, 1955–1961, magistrate and politician - Marc BoegnerMarc BoegnerMarc Boegner, commonly known as pasteur Boegner , was a theologist, influential pastor, notable member of the French Resistance, and a French essayist, and a notable voice in the ecumenical movement.-Biography:...
, 1962–1970, ecclesiastic and theologian - René de CastriesRené de CastriesRené de la Croix de Castries was a French historian. He was the sixteenth member elected to occupy seat 2 of the Académie française in 1972....
, 1972–1986, historian - André FrossardAndré Frossard-Biography:Frossard was born in Saint-Maurice-Colombier, Doubs to Louis-Oscar Frossard, one of the historic founders of the Parti communiste français, who was leader of the party for 31 years. His parents raised him an atheist, but when he was 20 years old he converted to Roman Catholicism. He was...
, 1987–1995, essayist and journalist - Hector BianciottiHector BianciottiHector Bianciotti is an Argentine-born French author and member of the Académie française.-Biography:Born Héctor Bianciotti in Calchin Oeste in Córdoba Province , Bianciotti's parents were immigrants from Piedmont, who communicated among themselves in the dialect of that region but who forbade...
, elected 1996, novelist
Seat 3
- Jacques de SerisayJacques de SerisayJacques de Serisay was a French poet, intendant of the duc de La Rochefoucauld, and the founding director of the Académie française from 1634 to 11 January 1638 where he was the first occupant of seat three. Only a few of his poems are extant.-References:...
, 1634–1653, poet - Paul-Philippe de ChaumontPaul-Philippe de ChaumontPaul-Philippe de Chaumont was a French prelate. He was the second member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française in 1654....
, 1654–1697, ecclesiastic - Louis CousinLouis CousinLouis Cousin, le président Cousin was a French translator, historian, lawyer, royal censor and president of the cour des monnaies. He was the third member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française in 1697.- Bibliography :...
, 1697–1707, historian and journalist - Jacques-Louis de Valon, marquis de Mimeure, 1707–1719, poet and translator
- Nicolas GédoynNicolas GédoynNicolas Gédoyn was a French clergyman, translator, pioneer educationalist and literary critic. He was the fifth member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française in 1719, and the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1722Gédoyn was born in Orléans...
, 1719–1744, ecclesiastic - François-Joachim de Pierre de BernisFrançois-Joachim de Pierre de BernisFrançois-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis was a French cardinal and statesman. He was the sixth member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française in 1744.- Biography :...
, 1744–1794, ecclesiastic - Roch-Ambroise Cucurron SicardRoch-Ambroise Cucurron SicardRoch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard was a French abbé and instructor of the deaf.Born at Le Fousseret, Haute-Garonne, and educated as a priest, Sicard was made principal of a school for the deaf at Bordeaux in 1786, and in 1789, on the death of the Abbé de l'Épée, succeeded him at Paris...
, 1803–1822, ecclesiastic and grammarian - Denis-Luc FrayssinousDenis-Luc FrayssinousDenis-Antoine-Luc, comte de Frayssinous was a French prelate and statesman, orator and writer. He was the eighth member elected to occupy Seat 3 of the Académie française in 1822.-Biography:...
, 1822–1841, ecclesiastic - Étienne-Denis PasquierÉtienne-Denis PasquierÉtienne-Denis, duc de Pasquier , Chancelier de France, , was a French statesman...
, 1842–1862, politician - Jules Armand DufaureJules Armand DufaureJules Armand Stanislas Dufaure was a French statesman.-Biography:Dufaure was born at Saujon, Charente-Maritime, and began his career as an advocate at Bordeaux, where he won a great reputation by his oratorical gifts. He abandoned law for politics, and in 1834 was elected deputy...
, 1863–1881, politician and lawyer - Victor CherbuliezVictor Cherbuliezthumb|right|Victor CherbuliezCharles Victor Cherbuliez was a French novelist and author. He was the eleventh member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française in 1881.-Biography:...
, 1881–1899, novelist and playwright - Émile FaguetÉmile FaguetAuguste Émile Faguet was a French author and literary critic.Faguet was born at La Roche-sur-Yon, and educated at the École normale supérieure in Paris. After teaching for some time in La Rochelle and Bordeaux, he returned to Paris to act as assistant professor of poetry in the university. He...
, 1900–1916, literary critic and historian - Georges ClemenceauGeorges ClemenceauGeorges Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman, physician and journalist. He served as the Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909, and again from 1917 to 1920. For nearly the final year of World War I he led France, and was one of the major voices behind the Treaty of Versailles at the...
, 1918–1929, politician and doctor - André ChaumeixAndré ChaumeixAndré Chaumeix was a French academician, journalist, and literary critic. He was the fourteenth member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française in 1930....
, 1930–1955, journalist and critic - Jérôme CarcopinoJérôme CarcopinoJérôme Carcopino was a French historian and author. He was the fifteen member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française in 1955.-Biography:...
, 1955–1970, historian and archaeologist - Roger CailloisRoger CailloisRoger Caillois was a French intellectual whose idiosyncratic work brought together literary criticism, sociology, and philosophy by focusing on subjects as diverse as games, play and the sacred...
, 1971–1978, essayist and sociologist - Marguerite YourcenarMarguerite YourcenarMarguerite Yourcenar was a Belgian-born French novelist and essayist. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Académie française, in 1980, and the seventeenth person to occupy Seat 3.-Biography:Yourcenar was born Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie...
, 1980–1987, novelist and essayist - Jean-Denis BredinJean-Denis BredinJean-Denis Bredin is a French attorney and founding partner of the firm Bredin Prat. He is the twentieth, and current occupant of seat 3 of the Académie française, elected on 15 June 1989.-Bibliography:...
, elected 1989, magistrate and essayist
Seat 4
- Jean DesmaretsJean DesmaretsJean Desmarets, Sieur de Saint-Sorlin was a French writer and dramatist. He was a founding member, and the first to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1634.-Biography:...
, 1634–1676, poet and novelist - Jean-Jacques de MesmesJean-Jacques de MesmesJean-Jacques de Mesmes, comte d'Avaux was a French magistrate, intendant of Soissons, and Président à mortier of the Parliament of Paris...
, 1676–1688, magistrate - Jean Testu de MauroyJean Testu de MauroyJean Testu de Mauroy was a French clergyman and academic. He was the member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1688.- References :...
, 1688–1706, ecclesiastic - Camille le Tellier de LouvoisCamille le Tellier de LouvoisCamille Le Tellier de Louvois was a French clergyman and member of several royal academies in the reign of Louis XIV of France. He was the fourth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1706....
, 1706–1718, ecclesiastic - Jean Baptiste MassillonJean Baptiste MassillonJean Baptiste Massillon was a French Catholic bishop and famous preacher, Bishop of Clermont from 1717 until his death.-Early years:Massillon was born at Hyères in Provence where his father was a royal notary...
, 1718–1742, ecclesiastic - Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de NivernaisLouis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de NivernaisLouis-Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de Nivernais was a French diplomat and writer. He was the sixth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1742.-Biography:...
, 1742–1798, politician and poet - Gabriel-Marie LegouvéGabriel-Marie LegouvéGabriel Marie Jean Baptiste Legouvé was a French poet. He was the seventh member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1803....
, 1803–1812, poet - Alexandre-Vincent Pineux DuvalAlexandre-Vincent Pineux DuvalAlexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval was a French dramatist, sailor, architect, actor, theatre manager...
, 1812–1842, poet and playwright - Pierre-Simon BallanchePierre-Simon BallanchePierre-Simon Ballanche was a French writer and counterrevolutionary philosopher, who elaborated a theology of progress that possessed considerable influence in French literary circles in the beginning of the nineteenth century...
, 1842–1847, philosopher - Jean VatoutJean VatoutJean Vatout was a French poet and historian. He was the tenth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in January 1848.-External links:* at Internet Archive -References:...
, 1848, poet - Alexis Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest, 1849–1851, politician and historian
- Antoine Pierre BerryerAntoine Pierre BerryerAntoine Pierre Berryer was a French advocate and parliamentary orator. He was the twelfth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1852.-Early years:...
, 1852–1868, lawyer - François-Joseph de ChampagnyFrançois-Joseph de ChampagnyFrançois-Joseph de Champagny was a French author and historian. He was the thirteenth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1869.-References:...
, 1869–1882, historian - Charles de MazadeCharles de MazadeLouis Charles Jean Robert de Mazade was a French historian, journalist, and political editor of Revue des deux mondes. He was the third member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1882.-References:...
, 1882–1893, poet and critic - José-Maria de Heredia, 1894–1905, poet
- Maurice BarrèsMaurice BarrèsMaurice Barrès was a French novelist, journalist, and socialist politician and agitator known for his nationalist and antisemitic views....
, 1906–1923, novelist and politician - Louis Bertrand, 1925–1941, novelist and historian
- Jean TharaudJean TharaudJean Tharaud was a French writer.Tharaud was born in Saint-Junien, Haute-Vienne.He was the eighteenth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1946...
, 1946–1952, novelist - Alphonse JuinAlphonse Juin- Early years :Juin was born at Bône in French Algeria, and enlisted in the French Army, graduating from the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1912.- Career :...
, 1952–1967, soldier - Pierre EmmanuelPierre EmmanuelNoël Mathieu better known under his pseudonym Pierre Emmanuel, was a French poet of Christian inspiration...
, 1968–1984, poet - Jean HamburgerJean HamburgerJean Hamburger was a French physician, surgeon and essayist. He is particularly known for his contribution to nephrology, and for having performed the first renal transplantation in France in 1952.-Biography:...
, 1985–1992, doctor and essayist - Albert DecourtrayAlbert DecourtrayAlbert Florent Augustin Decourtray S.T.D. was a French Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lyon.-Early life:...
, 1993–1994, ecclesiastic - Jean-Marie Lustiger, 1995–2007, ecclesiastic
- Jean-Luc MarionJean-Luc MarionJean-Luc Marion is among the best-known living philosophers in France, former student of Jacques Derrida and one of the leading Catholic thinkers of modern times. Marion's take on the postmodern is informed by his expertise in patristic and mystical theology, phenomenology, and modern philosophy...
, elected 2008, philosopher and academic
Seat 5
- Jean Ogier de GombauldJean Ogier de GombauldJean Ogier de Gombauld was a French playwright and poet. He was one of the original members of the Académie française. He also wrote novels, but has been described as a mediocre novelist....
, 1634–1666, poet and playwright - Paul Tallement le Jeune, 1666–1712, ecclesiastic
- Antoine DanchetAntoine DanchetAntoine Danchet was a French playwright, librettist and dramatic poet.-Biography:Danchet was born in Riom, in the Auvergne, France. Having been a professor of rhetoric at Chartres and then a tutor at Paris, Danchet gaveup teaching to write for the theatre. He wrote some opera libretti which, set...
, 1712–1748, playwright and poet - Jean-Baptiste-Louis GressetJean-Baptiste-Louis GressetJean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset was a French poet and dramatist, best known for his poem Vert-Vert....
, 1748–1777, playwright - Claude-François-Xavier MillotClaude-François-Xavier MillotClaude-François-Xavier Millot was a French churchman and historian.-Life:Whilst still young Millot entered the Jesuit order, teaching in many of their collèges, such as that at Lyon where he taught rhetoric. Expelled for praising Montesquieu, he left the Jesuits...
, 1777–1785, ecclesiastic - André MorelletAndré MorelletAndré Morellet was a French economist and writer. He was one of the last of the philosophes, and in this character he figures in many memoirs, such as those of Madame de Rémusat....
, 1785–1819, ecclesiastic - Pierre-Édouard LémonteyPierre-Édouard LémonteyPierre-Édouard Lémontey was a French lawyer, politician, scholar and historian.- Life :On the convocation of the États généraux, he was noted for many political writings. Deputy for the Rhône at the Legislative Assembly, he was elected its president several times...
, 1819–1826, politician and lawyer - Joseph FourierJoseph FourierJean Baptiste Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician and physicist best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations. The Fourier transform and Fourier's Law are also named in his honour...
, 1826–1830, mathematician and physicist - Victor CousinVictor CousinVictor Cousin was a French philosopher. He was a proponent of Scottish Common Sense Realism and had an important influence on French educational policy.-Early life:...
, 1830–1867, politician and philosopher - Jules FavreJules FavreJules Claude Gabriel Favre was a French statesman. After the establishment of the Third Republic in September 1870, he became one of the leaders of the Opportunist Republicans faction.- Early life :...
, 1867–1880, politician and lawyer - Edmond RousseEdmond RousseAimé Joseph Edmond Rousse was a French lawyer and member of the Académie française.-Life:...
, 1880–1906, lawyer - Pierre de SégurPierre de SégurPierre, marquis de Ségur was a French writer and historian, elected a member of the Académie française in 1907...
, 1907–1916, historian - Robert de FlersRobert de FlersRobert de Flers was a French playwright, opera librettist, and journalist....
, 1920–1927, playwright and journalist - Louis MadelinLouis MadelinLouis Emile Marie Madelin was a French historian and a Republican Federation deputy for Vosges from 1924 to 1928...
, 1927–1956, historian - Robert Kemp, 1956–1959, literary and dramatic critic
- René HuygheRené HuygheRené Huyghe was a French writer on the history, psychology and philosophy of art. He was also a curator at the Louvre's department of paintings , a professor at the Collège de France and from 1960 a member of the Académie française...
, 1960–1997, art historian and essayist - Georges VedelGeorges VedelGeorges Vedel was a French public law professor from Auch, France.-Biography:Vedel is credited as being “the reviser of public law [in France].” He taught in faculties of universities in Poitiers, Toulouse, and Paris, at both the University of Paris II and the Institute of Political Studies...
, 1998–2002, magistrate - Assia DjebarAssia DjebarAssia Djebar is the pen-name of Fatima-Zohra Imalayen , an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with obstacles faced by women, and she is noted for her feminist stance. Djebar is considered to be one of North Africa's pre-eminent and most influential writers...
, elected 2005, author
Seat 6
- François le Métel de BoisrobertFrançois le Métel de BoisrobertFrançois le Métel de Boisrobert was a French poet.-Biography:He was born at Caen, and trained as a lawyer, practising for some time at the bar at Rouen. About 1622 he went to Paris, and by the next year had established a footing at court, for he had a share in the ballet of the Bacchanales...
, 1634–1662, ecclesiastic and poet - Jean Renaud de SegraisJean Renaud de SegraisJean Renaud de Segrais was a French poet and novelist born in Caen.In 1662, he was elected a member of the Académie française....
, 1662–1701, poet and novelist - Jean Galbert de CampistronJean Galbert de CampistronJean Galbert de Campistron was a French dramatist-Biography:Campistron was born in Toulouse, France to a noble family.At the age of seventeen he was wounded in a duel and sent to Paris...
, 1701–1723, playwright - Philippe Néricault DestouchesPhilippe Néricault DestouchesPhilippe Néricault Destouches was a French dramatist.-Biography:Destouches was born at Tours, in the today's department of Indre-et-Loire....
, 1723–1754, playwright and diplomat - Louis de BoissyLouis de BoissyLouis de Boissy was a French writer. He was elected to seat 6 of the Académie française on 12 August 1754...
, 1754–1758, poet - Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-PalayeJean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-PalayeJean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye was a French historian, classicist, philologist and lexicographer.-Life:...
, 1758–1781, archaeologist - Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas (Chamfort)Nicolas ChamfortNicolas Chamfort was a French writer, best known for his witty epigrams and aphorisms. He was secretary of Louis XVI's sister, and of the Jacobin club.-Life:...
, 1781–1794, playwright and publisher - Pierre Louis RoedererPierre Louis RoedererComte Pierre Louis Roederer was a French politician, economist, and historian, politically active in the era of the French Revolution and First French Republic...
, 1803–1815, politician and lawyer - Pierre-Marc-Gaston de LévisPierre-Marc-Gaston de LévisPierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis , second duke of Lévis, peer of France, was a French politician, aphorist and député to the National Constituent Assembly. His father was the first duke of Lévis, marshal Francis de Gaston. In 1816 he was elected to seat 6 of the Académie française...
, 1816–1830, politician - Philippe Paul, comte de SégurPhilippe Paul, comte de SégurPhilippe-Paul, comte de Ségur , French general and historian, son of Louis Philippe, comte de Ségur, was born in Paris.-Career:...
, 1830–1873, diplomat and historian - Charles de Viel-CastelCharles de Viel-CastelCharles-Louis-Gaspard-Gabriel de Salviac, baron de Viel Castel was a French historian and diplomat. He was a great-nephew of Mirabeau via his mother, and the elder brother of Horace de Viel-Castel.- Life :...
, 1873–1887, diplomat - Edmond Jurien de la GravièreEdmond Jurien de la GravièreJean Pierre Edmond Jurien de La Gravière was a French admiral, son of Admiral Pierre Roch Jurien de La Gravière, who served through the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars and was a peer of France under Louis-Philippe.He entered the navy in 1828, was made a commander in 1841, and captain in 1850...
, 1888–1892, admiral - Ernest LavisseErnest LavisseErnest Lavisse was a French historian.- Biography :He was born at Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, Aisne.In 1865 he obtained a fellowship in history, and in 1875 became a doctor of letters; he was appointed maître de conférence at the École Normale Supérieure, succeeding Fustel de Coulanges, and then...
, 1892–1922, historian - Georges de Porto-RicheGeorges de Porto-RicheGeorges de Porto-Riche was a French dramatist and novelist.At the age of twenty, his pieces in verse began to be produced at the Parisian theatres; he also wrote some books of verse which met with a favorable reception, but these early works were not reprinted...
, 1923–1930, playwright and poet - Pierre BenoitPierre Benoit (novelist)Pierre Benoît was a French novelist and member of the Académie française.Pierre Benoit, born in Albi was the son of a French soldier. Benoit spent his early years and military service in Northern Africa, before becoming a civil servant...
, 1931–1962, novelist - Jean PaulhanJean PaulhanJean Paulhan was a French writer, literary critic and publisher, director of the literary magazine Nouvelle Revue Française from 1925 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1968. He was a member of the Académie Française...
, 1963–1968, literary and art critic - Eugène IonescoEugène IonescoEugène Ionesco was a Romanian and French playwright and dramatist, and one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd...
, 1970–1994, playwright - Marc FumaroliMarc FumaroliMarc Fumaroli was born June 10, 1932 in Marseille. A historian and essayist, he was elected to the Académie française March 2, 1995 and became its Director. He is also a member of the Académie des Inscriptions, the sister academy devoted to high erudition...
, elected 1995, historian and essayist
Seat 7
- Jean ChapelainJean ChapelainJean Chapelain was a French poet and writer.-Biography:Chapelain was born in Paris. His father wanted him to become a notary; but his mother, who had known Pierre de Ronsard, had decided otherwise...
, 1634–1674, royal advisor - Isaac de BenseradeIsaac de BenseradeIsaac de Benserade was a French poet.Born in Lyons-la-Forêt in the Province of Normandy, his family appears to have been connected with Richelieu, who bestowed on him a pension of 600 livres. He began his literary career with the tragedy of Cléopâtre , which was followed by four other pieces...
, 1674–1691, poet and playwright - Étienne PavillonÉtienne PavillonÉtienne Pavillon was a French lawyer and poet.- Life and work :Grandson of a famous lawyer and nephew of bishop Nicolas Pavillon, he first studied theology before renouncing this to become "avocat général" to the parliament of Metz. Before having spent ten years in that role, he had a reverse in...
, 1691–1705, lawyer and poet - Fabio Brulart de SilleryFabio Brulart de SilleryFabio Brulart de Sillery was a French churchman, bishop of Avranches and bishop of Soissons....
, 1705–1714, ecclesiastic and poet - Henri-Jacques de Caumont, duc de La ForceHenri-Jacques de Caumont, duc de La ForceHenri-Jacques de Caumont, duc de La Force was Duc de La Force, member of the Académie Française and Finance vice-minister of France, 1718-1719....
, 1715–1726, economist - Jean-Baptiste de MirabaudJean-Baptiste de MirabaudJean-Baptiste de Mirabaud was a French writer and translator.-His life and work:He studied with the Oratorians and fought at the battle of Steenkerque in 1692. A friend of Jean de La Fontaine, he wrote various works of literature, history and philosophy, but failed to publish them...
, 1726–1760, translator - Claude-Henri WateletClaude-Henri WateletClaude-Henri Watelet was a rich French fermier-général who was an amateur painter, a well-respected etcher, a writer on the arts and a connoisseur of gardens. Watelet's inherited privilege of farming taxes in the Orléanais left him free to pursue his avocations, art and literature and gardens...
, 1760–1786, painter - Michel-Jean SedaineMichel-Jean SedaineMichel-Jean Sedaine was a French dramatist, was born in Paris.- Biography :His father, who was an architect, died when Sedaine was quite young, leaving no fortune, and the boy began life as a mason's labourer...
, 1786–1793, poet and playwright - Jean-François Collin d'Harleville, 1803–1806, playwright and poet
- Pierre Daru, 1806–1829, politician and historian
- Alphonse de LamartineAlphonse de LamartineAlphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine was a French writer, poet and politician who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic.-Career:...
, 1829–1869, politician and poet - Émile OllivierÉmile OllivierOlivier Émile Ollivier was a French statesman. Although a republican, he served as a cabinet minister under Emperor Napoleon III and led the process of turning his regime into a "liberal Empire".-Early life and career:Émile Ollivier was born in Marseille...
, 1870–1913, politician and lawyer - Henri BergsonHenri BergsonHenri-Louis Bergson was a major French philosopher, influential especially in the first half of the 20th century. Bergson convinced many thinkers that immediate experience and intuition are more significant than rationalism and science for understanding reality.He was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize...
, 1914–1941, philosopher - Édouard le RoyEdouard Le RoyÉdouard Louis Emmanuel Julien Le Roy was a French philosopher and mathematician.Le Roy was received at the École Normale Supérieure in 1892, and at the agrégation in mathematics in 1895...
, 1945–1954, philosopher and mathematician - Henri Petiot (Daniel-Rops), 1955–1965, poet and novelist
- Pierre-Henri SimonPierre-Henri SimonPierre-Henri Simon was a French intellectual, literary historian, essayist, novelist, poet and literary critic...
, 1966–1972, literary historian and novelist - André RoussinAndré RoussinAndré Roussin, , was a French playwright. Born in Marseille, he was elected to the Académie française April 12, 1973.-Bibliography:*1933 Patiences et impatiences*1944 Am Stram Gram...
, 1973–1987, playwright - Jacqueline de RomillyJacqueline de RomillyJacqueline Worms de Romilly, née David was a French philologist, classical scholar and fiction writer. Because she was of Jewish ancestry, the Vichy government suspended her from her teaching duties during the Occupation of France. she was the first woman nominated to the Collège de France, and in...
, 1988–2010, philologist and essayist
Seat 8
- Claude de MallevilleClaude de MallevilleClaude Malleville was a French poet and one of the founder members of the Académie française in 1634.- External links :...
, 1634–1647, poet - Jean BallesdensJean BallesdensJean Ballesdens was a French lawyer, editor and bibliophile, though he has left practically no writings.-Life:A lawyer to the parlement de Paris and secretary to chancellor Séguier, he was elected to the Académie française in 1648 - though he had renounced a place when it was first offered him, in...
, 1648–1675, lawyer - Géraud de CordemoyGéraud de CordemoyGéraud de Cordemoy, a French philosopher, historian and lawyer. He is mainly known for his works in metaphysics and for his theory of language. -Biography:...
, 1675–1684, philosopher and historian - Jean-Louis BergeretJean-Louis BergeretJean-Louis Bergeret was an early holder of the 8th seat of the Académie française.Bergeret was Advocate General to the Metz Parliament in 1672, and became the first deputy of Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy, the Secretary of State and younger brother of Jean Baptiste Colbert, and then the...
, 1684–1694, lawyer - Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-PierreCharles-Irénée Castel de Saint-PierreCharles-Irénée Castel, abbé de Saint-Pierre was an influential French writer and radical. After Georg von Podiebrad in his Tractatus, he was, perhaps, one of the first to propose an international organisation responsible for maintaining peace.-Life:Saint-Pierre was born at the château de...
, 1694–1743, ecclesiastic - Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, 1743–1759, astronomer
- Jean-Jacques Lefranc, marquis de PompignanJean-Jacques Lefranc, marquis de PompignanJean-Jacques Lefranc , Marquis de Pompignan was a French man of letters and erudition, who published a considerable output of theatrical work, poems, literary criticism, and polemics; treatises on archeology, nature, travel and many other subjects; and a wide selection of highly-regarded...
, 1759–1784, magistrate and economist - Jean-Sifrein MauryJean-Sifrein MauryJean-Sifrein Maury was a French cardinal and Archbishop of Paris.-Biography:The son of a poor cobbler, he was born on at Valréas in the Comtat-Venaissin, the enclave within France that belonged to the pope. His acuteness was observed by the priests of the seminary at Avignon, where he was educated...
, 1784–1793, see also seat 15, ecclesiastic and politician - Michel-Louis-Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'AngélyMichel-Louis-Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'AngélyMichel Louis Étienne Regnaud, later 1st Count Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély was a French politician.-Early activities:...
, 1803–1814, politician and lawyer - Pierre-Simon LaplacePierre-Simon LaplacePierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace was a French mathematician and astronomer whose work was pivotal to the development of mathematical astronomy and statistics. He summarized and extended the work of his predecessors in his five volume Mécanique Céleste...
, 1816–1827, politician and mathematician - Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard, 1827–1845, politician
- Charles de RémusatCharles de RémusatCharles François Marie, Comte de Rémusat , was a French politician and writer.-Biography:He was born in Paris. His father, Auguste Laurent, Comte de Rémusat, of a good family of Toulouse, was chamberlain to Napoleon Bonaparte, but acquiesced in the restoration and became prefect first of Haute...
, 1846–1875, politician and philosopher - Jules SimonJules SimonJules François Simon was a French statesman and philosopher, and one of the leader of the Opportunist Republicans faction.-Biography:Simon was born at Lorient. His father was a linen-draper from Lorraine, who renounced Protestantism before his second marriage with a Catholic Breton. Jules Simon...
, 1875–1896, politician and philosopher - Albert de Mun, 1897–1914, politician and soldier
- Alfred Baudrillart, 1918–1942, ecclesiastic and historian
- Octave AubryOctave Aubry-Life:Aubry, Ernest Seillière, Jean Tharaud, René Grousset and Robert d'Harcourt were the five members of the Académie française elected on 1 February 1946, to replace the many vacancies left by the Nazi occupation of Europe...
, 1946–1946, historian and bureaucrat - Édouard HerriotÉdouard HerriotÉdouard Marie Herriot was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister and for many years as President of the Chamber of Deputies....
, 1946–1957, politician and literary historian - Jean RostandJean RostandJean Rostand was a French biologist and philosopher.Active as an experimental biologist, Rostand became famous for his work as a science writer, as well as a philosopher and an activist...
, 1959–1977, biologist and philosopher - Michel DéonMichel DéonMichel Déon is a French writer.With Antoine Blondin, Jacques Laurent and Roger Nimier, he belonged to the literary group of the Hussards. He is a novelist as well as a literary columnist....
, elected 1978, novelist
Seat 9
- Nicolas FaretNicolas FaretNicolas Faret was a French statesman, writer, scholar and translator.He translated Eutropius's Roman History .-Source:...
, 1634–1646, poet - Pierre du RyerPierre du RyerPierre du Ryer was a French dramatist.He was born in Paris. His early comedies are loosely modelled on those of Alexandre Hardy, but after the production of the Cid he became an imitator of Pierre Corneille; this was the period when he produced his masterpiece Scévole, probably in 1644...
, 1646–1658, playwright - César d'EstréesCésar d'EstréesCésar d'Estrées was a French diplomat and Cardinal.He was the son of Marshal François Annibal d'Estrées, and brother of Marshal Jean II d'Estrées....
, 1658–1714, ecclesiastic and politician - Victor-Marie d'EstréesVictor-Marie d'EstréesVictor Marie d'Estrées, count then duke d'Estrées was a Marshal of France.-Biography:...
, 1715–1737, politician and soldier - Charles-Armand-René de la Trémoille, 1738–1741, aristocrat
- Armand de Rohan-SoubiseArmand de Rohan-SoubiseFrançois Armand de Rohan, cardinal de Soubise, prince de Tournon, prince de Rohan was a French churchman. He was great-nephew of his predecessor Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan, for whom he was coadjutor, and brother of Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise...
, 1741–1756, ecclesiastic - Antoine de Malvin de Montazet, 1756–1788, ecclesiastic
- Stanislas de BoufflersStanislas de BoufflersStanislas Jean, chevalier de Boufflers was a French statesman and writer.-Biography:He was born near Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, the son of Louis Franois, marquis de Boufflers. His mother, Marie Catherine de Beauveau Craon, was the mistress of Stanislas Leszczynski, and the boy was brought up at...
, 1788–1815, poet - Louis-Pierre-Marie-François Baour-Lormian, 1815–1854, poet and playwright
- François PonsardFrançois PonsardFrançois Ponsard , was a French dramatist, poet and author and was a member of the Académie française.-Literary career:...
, 1855–1867, playwright - Joseph AutranJoseph Autran-Biography:Autran was born in Marseille.In 1832 he addressed an ode to Alphonse de Lamartine, who was then at Marseille on his way to the East. Lamartine persuaded the young man's father to allow him to follow his poetic instinct, and Autran became Lamartine's faithful disciple from then on.His...
, 1868–1877, poet - Victorien SardouVictorien SardouVictorien Sardou was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play...
, 1877–1908, playwright - Marcel PrévostMarcel PrévostEugene Marcel Prévost was a French author and dramatist.-Biography:He was born in Paris on 1 May 1862, and educated at Jesuit schools in Bordeaux and Paris, entering the École polytechnique in 1882...
, 1909–1941, novelist - Émile HenriotÉmile Henriot (writer)Émile Henriot was a French poet, novelist, essayist and literary critic.-Life:A son of the caricaturist Henri Maigrot, known under the pen name Henriot, he fought in the First World War. He first wrote as a journalist for Temps in the inter-war period...
, 1945–1961, novelist and literary critic - Jean GuéhennoJean GuéhennoMarcel-Jules-Marie Guéhenno, known as Jean Guéhenno was a French essayist, writer and literary critic....
, 1962–1978, essayist - Alain DecauxAlain DecauxAlain Decaux was born on 23 July 1925 in Lille, France. A historian by profession, he was elected to the Académie française on 15 February 1979.-Bibliography:* 1947 * 1949 ...
, elected 1979, historian
Seat 10
- Antoine GodeauAntoine GodeauAntoine Godeau was a French bishop, poet and exegete. He is now known for his work of criticism Discours de la poésie chrétienne from 1633.-Life:...
, 1634–1672, ecclesiastic and poet - Esprit FléchierEsprit FléchierEsprit Fléchier was a French preacher and author, Bishop of Nîmes from 1687 to 1710.-Life:He was born at Pernes-les-Fontaines, in the département of Vaucluse, in the Comtat Venaissin, and brought up at Tarascon by his uncle, Hercule Audiffret, superior of the Congrégation des Doctrinaires...
, 1672–1710, ecclesiastic - Henri de NesmondHenri de NesmondHenri de Nesmond was a French churchman, bishop of Montauban, archbishop of Albi and archbishop of Toulouse.- Life :He was a son of Henri de Nesmond...
, 1710–1727, ecclesiastic - Jean-Jacques Amelot de ChaillouJean-Jacques Amelot de ChaillouJean-Jacques Amelot de Chaillou was a French politician. He was marquis of Combrande, baron de Châtillon-sur-Indre, seigneur de Chaillou.-Life:...
, 1727–1749, politician - Charles-Louis-Auguste Fouquet de Belle-Isle, 1749–1761, politician and soldier
- Nicolas-Charles-Joseph TrubletNicolas-Charles-Joseph TrubletNicolas Charles Joseph Trublet was a French churchman and moralist, best known for his clash with Voltaire, whose La Henriade he critiqued.- Works :*Réflexions sur Télémaque...
, 1761–1770, ecclesiastic - Jean-François de Saint-Lambert, 1770–1793, poet and philosopher
- Hugues-Bernard Maret, 1803–1815, politician and diplomat
- Joseph LainéJoseph LainéJoseph Henri Joachim, vicomte Lainé was a French lawyer and politician.Born in Bordeaux, he became a successful lawyer in Paris. In 1793 he was named administrator of the district of La Réole, returning to work as a lawyer under the French Directory...
, 1816–1835, politician and magistrate - Emmanuel Mercier Dupaty, 1836–1851, poet and playwright
- Alfred de MussetAlfred de MussetAlfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist.Along with his poetry, he is known for writing La Confession d'un enfant du siècle from 1836.-Biography:Musset was born on 11 December 1810 in Paris...
, 1852–1857, playwright and poet - Victor de LapradeVictor de LapradePierre Martin Victor Richard de Laprade , known as Victor de Laprade, was a French poet and critic.-Biography:...
, 1858–1883, poet - François CoppéeFrançois CoppéeFrançois Edouard Joachim Coppée was a French poet and novelist.-Biography:He was born in Paris to a civil servant. After attending the Lycée Saint-Louis he became a clerk in the ministry of war, and won public favour as a poet of the Parnassian school. His first printed verses date from 1864...
, 1884–1908, poet and novelist - Jean AicardJean AicardJean François Victor Aicard was a French poet, dramatist and novelist.-Biography:He was born in Toulon. His father, Jean Aicard, was a journalist of some distinction, and the son early began his career in 1867 with Les Jeunes Croyances, followed in 1870 by a one-act play produced at the Marseille...
, 1909–1921, poet and novelist - Camille JullianCamille JullianCamille Jullian was a French historian, philologist, archaeologist and historian of French literature, student of Fustel de Coulanges, whose posthumous work he published.-Biography:Jullian was born in Marseille...
, 1924–1933, historian and philologist - Léon BérardLéon BérardLéon Bérard was a French politician and lawyer.He was Minister of Public Instruction in 1919 and from 1921 to 1924, and Minister of Justice from 1931 to 1932 and was elected to the Académie française in 1934.Bérard was the Ambassador from Vichy France to the Holy See from 1940 to 1945.-Léon Bérard...
, 1934–1960, politician and lawyer - Jean GuittonJean GuittonJean Guitton was a French Catholic philosopher and theologian.-Biography:Born in Saint-Étienne, Loire, he studied at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon and was accepted at the École normale supérieure in Paris. His principal religious and intellectual influence was from a blind priest, Francois Pouget...
, 1961–1999, theologian and philosopher - Florence DelayFlorence DelayFlorence Delay is a French academician and actress.-Biography:The daughter of Marie-Madeleine Carrez and Jean Delay, Delay studied at the Lycée Jean de La Fontaine and then the Sorbonne....
, elected 2000, novelist and playwright
Seat 11
- Philippe HabertPhilippe Habert (1605-1637)Philippe Habert was a French poet. Brother to Germain Habert and cousin of Henri Louis Habert de Montmor, he was a friend of Conrart. Philippe was also one of the first members of the Académie française, and contributed to editing its statutes...
, 1634–1638, poet - Jacques EspritJacques EspritJacques Esprit , sometimes called abbé Esprit despite never having been ordained a priest, was a French moralist and writer.-Biography:...
, 1639–1678, politician - Jacques-Nicolas ColbertJacques-Nicolas ColbertJacques-Nicolas Colbert was a French churchman.Youngest son of Minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert, he was educated for a career in the church, tutored by Noël Alexandre, a Dominican theologian and philosopher later condemned for his Jansenist views.The young Colbert was abbot at Le Bec-Hellouin before...
, 1678–1707, ecclesiastic - Claude-François FraguierClaude-François FraguierClaude François Fraguier was a French churchman and writer.-Life:He became a Jesuit at a young age, but he left the order in 1694 to devote himself to literature. A classicist and author of dissertations on classical history, he was professor of theology at Caen and collaborated on the Journal des...
, 1707–1728, ecclesiastic - Charles d'Orléans de RothelinCharles d'Orléans de RothelinCharles d'Orléans de Rothelin was a French churchman, writer, scholar, numismatist and theologian.A descendent of Dunois, he was held to be one of the wisest bibliophiles of his time and owned an important cabinet of medals...
, 1728–1744, ecclesiastic - Gabriel GirardGabriel Girard (churchman)Gabriel Girard was a French churchman and grammarian, notable as the author of the first work on synonyms published in France....
, 1744–1748, ecclesiastic - Marc-Antoine-René de Voyer d'Argenson de PaulmyMarc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1722-1787)Marc Antoine René de Voyer, marquis de Paulmy and 3rd marquis d'Argenson , was the only son of René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d' Argenson...
, 1748–1787, politician - Henri-Cardin-Jean-Baptiste d'AguesseauHenri-Cardin-Jean-Baptiste d'AguesseauHenri-Cardin-Jean-Baptiste d'Aguesseau , grandson of the French chancellor Henri François d'Aguesseau, was advocate-general in the parlement of Paris and deputy in the Estates-General. Under the Consulate he became president of the court of appeal and later minister at Copenhagen...
, 1787–1826, politician - Charles BrifautCharles BrifautCharles Brifaut was a French poet, journalist, publicist and playwright.-Life:A liberal royalist, he edited the Gazette de France and attended the salon of Madame Vigée-Lebrun...
, 1826–1857, poet and playwright - Jules SandeauJules SandeauLeonard Sylvain Julien Sandeau was a French novelist.He was born at Aubusson , and was sent to Paris to study law, but spent much of his time in unruly behaviour with other students. He met George Sand, then Madame Dudevant, at Le Coudray in the house of a friend, and when she came to Paris in...
, 1858–1883, novelist and playwright - Edmond About, 1884–1885, novelist and playwright
- Léon SayLéon SayJean-Baptiste Léon Say , French statesman and economist, was born in Paris.-Biography:The family was a most remarkable one. His grandfather Jean-Baptiste Say was a well-known economist. His brother Louis Auguste Say , director of a sugar refinery at Nantes, wrote several books against his theories...
, 1886–1896, politician and economist - Albert VandalAlbert VandalAlbert Count Vandal was a French historian, born in Paris. He wrote:* En karriole à travers la Suède et la Norvège * Louis XV et Elizabeth de Russie...
, 1896–1910, historian - Denys CochinDenys CochinBaron Denys Marie Pierre Augustin Cochin was a French writer and Catholic right-wing politician.Denys Cochin was the son of the baron Augustin Cochin, also a politician and writer...
, 1911–1922, politician - Georges GoyauGeorges GoyauGeorges Goyau was a French historian and essayist specializing in religious history.-Biography:He was born in Orléans, where he went to school before moving on to Lycée Louis-le-Grand and then École Normale Supérieure both in Paris. Then he became lecturer at the French School of Rome, an...
, 1922–1939, historian - Paul HazardPaul HazardPaul Gustave Marie Camille Hazard , was a French scholar, professor and historian of ideas.-Biography:...
, 1940–1944, historian and philosopher - Maurice GarçonMaurice GarçonMaurice Garçon was a French novelist, historian, essayist and lawyer. A major figure at the bar, he gained a certain notoriety and was even mentioned with René Floriot in the last phrase of Jean-Pierre Melville's film "Bob le flambeur".- Les Plaidoyers:*Plaidoyer pour René Hardy *Plaidoyer contre...
, 1946–1967, lawyer, novelist and historian - Paul MorandPaul MorandPaul Morand was a French diplomat, novelist, playwright and poet, considered an early Modernist.He was a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies...
, 1968–1976, diplomat, novelist, playwright and poet - Alain PeyrefitteAlain PeyrefitteAlain Peyrefitte was a French scholar and politician.He was a confidant of Charles De Gaulle and had a long career in public service, serving as a diplomat in Germany and Poland....
, 1977–1999, scholar and politician - Gabriel de BroglieGabriel de BroglieGabriel-Marie-Joseph-Anselme de Broglie-Revel is a French historian and statesman.He was elected to the Académie française in 2001, replacing Alain Peyrefitte. He is a Knight Commander of the Légion d'honneur...
, elected 2001, historian
Seat 12
- Germain Habert de Cérizy, 1634–1654, ecclesiastic
- Charles CotinCharles CotinCharles Cotin or Abbé Cotin was a French abbé, philosopher and poet. He was made a member of the Académie française on 7 January 1655....
, 1655–1681, ecclesiastic - Louis de Courcillon de DangeauLouis de Courcillon de DangeauLouis de Courcillon, known as the abbé de Dangeau was a French churchman and grammarian, best known for being the first to describe the nasal vowels in the French language.-Works:...
, 1682–1723, ecclesiastic and politician - Charles-Jean-Baptiste Fleureiau de Morville, 1723–1732, politician
- Jean TerrassonJean TerrassonJean Terrasson , often referred to as the Abbe Terrasson, was a French priest, author, and most notably a member of the Académie française....
, 1732–1750, ecclesiastic and philosopher - Claude de Thiard de BissyClaude de Thiard de BissyClaude de Thiard de Bissy was a French soldier. He served his military career, rising to lieutenant-général des armées du roi in 1762 and fighting in the conquest of Franche-Comté and becoming governor of Languedoc and Auxonne.-Life:The son of Claude, 7th count of...
, 1750–1810, soldier - Joseph-Alphonse EsménardJoseph-Alphonse EsménardJoseph-Alphonse Esménard was a French poet and the brother of the journalist Jean-Baptiste Esménard.-Life:...
, 1810–1811, politician - Charles Lacretelle Jeune, 1811–1855, historian
- Jean-Baptiste BiotJean-Baptiste BiotJean-Baptiste Biot was a French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who established the reality of meteorites, made an early balloon flight, and studied the polarization of light.- Biography :...
, 1856–1862, scientist and mathematician - Louis de CarnéLouis de CarnéLouis-Marie de Carné , comte de Carné was a French politician, journalist and historian.-Life:...
, 1863–1876, historian and politician - Charles BlancCharles BlancCharles Blanc was a French art critic, brother of Louis Blanc. After the February Revolution of 1848, he was director of the department for the visual arts at the ministry of the interior...
, 1876–1882, art critic - Édouard PailleronÉdouard PailleronÉdouard Jules Henri Pailleron was a French poet and dramatist.-Biography:Born in Paris, he was educated for the bar, but after pleading a single case he entered the first dragoon regiment and served for two years. With the artist J.A...
, 1882–1899, poet and playwright - Paul HervieuPaul HervieuPaul Hervieu, full name Paul-Ernest Hervieu , French dramatist and novelist, was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine.-Biography:...
, 1900–1915, novelist and playwright - François de Curel, 1918–1928, playwright
- Charles le GofficCharles Le GofficCharles Le Goffic was a French poet, novelist and historian whose influence was especially strong in his native Brittany. He was a member of the Académie française.-Biography:...
, 1930–1932, novelist and historian - Abel BonnardAbel BonnardAbel Bonnard was a French poet, novelist and politician.-Biography:Born in Poitiers, Vienne, his early education was in Marseilles with secondary studies at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris...
, 1932–1945, poet, novelist and politician; expelled for his collaboration with Vichy regime - Jules RomainsJules RomainsJules Romains, born Louis Henri Jean Farigoule , was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement...
, 1946–1972, novelist, playwright and poet - Jean d'OrmessonJean d'OrmessonCount Jean Lefèvre d'Ormesson is a French novelist whose work mostly consists of partially or totally autobiographic novels.- Life :...
, elected 1973, novelist
Seat 13
- Claude Gaspard Bachet de MéziriacClaude Gaspard Bachet de MéziriacClaude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac was a French mathematician, linguist, poet and classics scholar born in Bourg-en-Bresse.Bachet was a pupil of the Jesuit mathematician Jacques de Billy at the Jesuit College in Rheims...
, 1634–1638, grammarian and mathematician - François de La Mothe Le VayerFrançois de La Mothe Le VayerFrançois de La Mothe Le Vayer , was a French writer who was known to use the pseudonym Orosius Tubero...
, 1639–1672, critic, grammarian and philosopher - Jean RacineJean RacineJean Racine , baptismal name Jean-Baptiste Racine , was a French dramatist, one of the "Big Three" of 17th-century France , and one of the most important literary figures in the Western tradition...
, 1672–1699, playwright, mathematician, physicist and doctor - Jean-Baptiste-Henri de ValincourJean-Baptiste-Henri de ValincourJean-Baptiste Henri de Trousset, lord of Valincour or Valincourt was a French admiral and man of letters...
, 1699–1730, historiographer and admiral - Jean-François Leriget de La FayeJean-François Leriget de La FayeJean-François Leriget de La Faye was a French diplomat, wealthy landowner and art collector, poet, and member of the Académie française for a single year....
, 1730–1731, politician - Prosper Jolyot de CrébillonProsper Jolyot de CrébillonProsper Jolyot de Crébillon was a French poet and tragedian.-Life and works:He was born in Dijon, where his father, Melchior Jolyot, was notary-royal. Having been educated at the Jesuit school in the town, and afterwards at the Collège Mazarin. He became an advocate, and was placed in the office...
, 1731–1762, playwright - Claude-Henri de Fusée de VoisenonClaude-Henri de Fusée de VoisenonClaude-Henri de Fusée, abbé de Voisenon was a French dramatist and writer.Born at the château de Voisenon, in Voisenon, near Melun, he was only ten when he addressed an epistle in verse to Voltaire, who asked the boy to visit him. They remained friends for fifty years...
, 1762–1775, ecclesiastic, playwright and poet - Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de BoisgelinJean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de BoisgelinJean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin was a French prelate, statesman and cardinal.-Life:...
, 1776–1804, ecclesiastic - Jean-Baptiste Dureau de la MalleJean-Baptiste Dureau de la MalleJean-Baptiste Dureau de la Malle was a French translator. The son of Laurent Dureau de la Malle and Elisabeth Sauvage, he married Elisabeth-Renée Maignon, who had also been born in Saint-Domingue, and their son was Adolphe Dureau de la Malle.-Life:Jean-Baptiste came to study in Paris and, freed...
, 1804–1807, translator - Louis-Benoît PicardLouis-Benoît PicardLouis-Benoît Picard was a French playwrightAfter having begun to study law, he first became an actor before producing his first play, Le Badinage dangereux, in 1789....
, 1807–1828, comedian, poet, novelist and playwright - Antoine-Vincent ArnaultAntoine-Vincent ArnaultAntoine-Vincent Arnault was a French dramatist.Arnault was born in Paris. His first play, Marius à Minturne , immediately established his reputation. A year later he followed with a second republican tragedy, Lucrèce. Arnault left France during the Reign of Terror, but on his return, he was...
, 1829–1834, poet, fabulist and playwright - see also seat 16 - Eugène ScribeEugène ScribeAugustin Eugène Scribe , was a French dramatist and librettist. He is best known for the perfection of the so-called "well-made play" . This dramatic formula was a mainstay of popular theater for over 100 years.-Biography:...
, 1834–1861, playwright - Octave FeuilletOctave FeuilletOctave Feuillet was a French novelist and dramatist.- Overview :Octave Feuillet was born at Saint-Lô, Manche . His father Jacques Feuillet was a prominent lawyer and Secretary-General of La Manche, but also a hypersensitive invalid. His mother died when he was an infant...
, 1862–1890, novelist and playwright - Pierre LotiPierre LotiPierre Loti was a French novelist and naval officer.-Biography:Loti's education began in his birthplace, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime. At the age of seventeen he entered the naval school in Brest and studied at Le Borda. He gradually rose in his profession, attaining the rank of captain in 1906...
, 1891–1923, novelist and soldier - Paul-Albert BesnardPaul-Albert BesnardPaul-Albert Besnard was a French painter and printmaker.-Biography:He was born in Paris and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, studied with Jean Bremond and was influenced by Alexandre Cabanel...
, 1924–1934, painter and engraver - Louis GilletLouis GilletLouis Gillet was a French art historian and literary historian.- Works :*Raphaël, 1907*Watteau, 1921*Trois variations sur Claude Monet, 1927...
, 1935–1943, historian of art and literature - Paul ClaudelPaul ClaudelPaul Claudel was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism.-Life:...
, 1946–1955, poet, playwright, novelist and diplomat - Wladimir d'OrmessonWladimir d'OrmessonWladimir d'Ormesson was a French essayist, novelist, journalist and diplomat.He was successively ambassador in Vatican city, Buenos Aires and Santiago, and wrote many essays and some novels...
, 1956–1973, politician, chronicler and novelist - Maurice SchumannMaurice SchumannMaurice Schumann was a French politician, journalist, writer, and hero of the Second World War who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Georges Pompidou in the 1960s and 1970s...
, 1974–1998, politician, essayist, journalist, novelist and historian - Pierre MessmerPierre MessmerPierre Joseph Auguste Messmer was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 – the longest serving since Étienne François, duc de Choiseul under Louis XV – and then as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974...
, 1999–2007, soldier and politician - Simone VeilSimone VeilSimone Veil, DBE is a French lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Health under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of the European Parliament and member of the Constitutional Council of France....
, elected 2008, lawyer and politician
Seat 14
- François MaynardFrançois MaynardFrançois Maynard, sometimes seen as "de Maynard" was a French poet who spent much of his life in Toulouse.-Life and works:...
, 1634–1646, magistrate and poet - Pierre CorneillePierre CorneillePierre Corneille was a French tragedian who was one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine...
, 1647–1684, playwright and lawyer - Thomas CorneilleThomas CorneilleThomas Corneille was a French dramatist.- Personal life :Born in Rouen nearly twenty years after his brother Pierre, the "great Corneille", Thomas's skill as a poet seems to have shown itself early. At the age of fifteen he composed a play in Latin which was performed by his fellow-pupils at the...
, 1684–1709, playwright - Antoine Houdar de La MotteAntoine Houdar de la MotteAntoine Houdar de la Motte was a French author.He was born and died in Paris. In 1693 his comedy, Les Originaux, was a complete failure, and so depressed the author that he contemplated joining the Trappists. Four years later he began writing texts for operas and ballets, e.g...
, 1710–1731, playwright - Michel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-RabutinMichel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin-Life:The second son of count Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, he was bishop of Luçon from 1723 until his death. He attended the salon of Madame de Tencin and was elected to the Académie française on 21 February 1732, without having written a single work, and was received into the Académie by Fontenelle...
, 1732–1736, ecclesiastic - Étienne Lauréault de FoncemagneÉtienne Lauréault de FoncemagneÉtienne Lauréault de Foncemagne was a French churchman and scholar.-Life and work:An Oratorian and professor, he was elected to the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres in 1722 and to the Académie française in 1736...
, 1736–1779, ecclesiastic - Michel-Paul-Gui de Chabanon, 1779–1792, playwright
- Jacques-André NaigeonJacques-André NaigeonJacques-André Naigeon was a French artist, atheist philosopher, editor and man of letters best known for his contributions to the Encyclopédie and for reworking Baron d'Holbach's and Diderot's manuscripts....
, 1803–1810, encyclopaedist - Népomucène LemercierNépomucène LemercierLouis Jean Népomucène Lemercier was a French poet and dramatist.He was born in Paris. His father had been intendant successively to the duc de Penthièvre, the comte de Toulouse and the unfortunate princesse de Lamballe, who was the boy's godmother...
, 1810–1840, poet and playwright - Victor HugoVictor HugoVictor-Marie Hugo was a Frenchpoet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France....
, 1841–1885, poet, playwright and novelist - Charles Leconte de Lisle, 1886–1894, poet and playwright
- Henry HoussayeHenry HoussayeHenry Houssaye , was a French historian and academician.He was born in Paris, the son of the novelist Arsène Houssaye. His early writings were devoted to classical antiquity, his knowledge drawn partly from visits to the actual Greek sites in 1868...
, 1894–1911, historian and novelist - Louis-Hubert Lyautey, 1912–1934, soldier
- Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, 1934–1942, politician and soldier
- Robert d'HarcourtRobert d'HarcourtRobert d'Harcourt was a French Catholic intellectual, scholar of German culture and anti-Nazi polemicist.-Early life:...
, 1946–1965, literary historian and essayist - Jean MistlerJean MistlerJean Mistler was a French writer born in Sorèze, Tarn. In 1966 he was elected to the Académie Française.Mistler, whose father's family had left Alsace in 1871, did his schooling in Sorèze, before preparing for the entrance examination of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure at the Lycée Henri IV, where...
, 1966–1988, novelist, essayist, literary historian, music critic and politician - Hélène Carrère d'EncausseHélène Carrère d'EncausseHélène Carrère d'Encausse is the permanent secretary of the Académie Française and a historian specializing in Russian history....
, elected 1990, historian
Seat 15
- Guillaume BautruGuillaume BautruGuillaume Bautru, comte de Serrant was a French satirical poet, court favourite and a protégé and diplomatic agent of cardinal Richelieu.-Life and work:...
, 1634–1665, politician - Jacques Testu de BelvalJacques Testu de BelvalAbbé Jacques Testu de Belval was a French ecclesiastic and poet. Best known for his light poetry, he was also a preacher, translator and king's almoner. He was linked with Madame de Sévigné, Madame de Coulanges, Madame de Brancas, Madame de Schomberg, Madame de La Fayette and Marie-Madeleine de...
, 1665–1706, ecclesiastic and poet - François-Joseph de Beaupoil de Sainte-AulaireFrançois-Joseph de Beaupoil de Sainte-AulaireFrançois-Joseph de Beaupoil, marquis de Sainte-Aulaire was a French poet and army officer.-External links:*...
, 1706–1742, soldier and poet - Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan, 1743–1771, physicist and mathematician
- François ArnaudFrançois Arnaud (ecclesiastic)François Arnaud was a French clergyman, writer and philologist.-Life:Abbé of Grandchamp and librarian to the count of Provence , 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...
, 1771–1784, ecclesiastic - Gui-Jean-Baptiste TargetGui-Jean-Baptiste TargetGui-Jean-Baptiste Target was a French lawyer and politician.Born in Paris, he acquired a great reputation as a lawyer, less by practice in the courts than in a consultative capacity. He strenuously opposed the "parlement Maupeou", devised by Chancellor Maupeou to replace the old judiciary bodies,...
, 1785–1806, magistrate - Jean-Sifrein MauryJean-Sifrein MauryJean-Sifrein Maury was a French cardinal and Archbishop of Paris.-Biography:The son of a poor cobbler, he was born on at Valréas in the Comtat-Venaissin, the enclave within France that belonged to the pope. His acuteness was observed by the priests of the seminary at Avignon, where he was educated...
, 1806-excluded by ordinance 1816, ecclesiastic and politician; see also seat 8 - François-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-FézensacFrançois-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-FézensacAbbé François-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-Fézensac was a French politician.- Life :...
, 1816–1832, ecclesiastic and politician - Antoine JayAntoine JayAntoine Jay was a French writer, journalist, historian and politician.-Life:At first an Oratorian at Niort, he studied law at Toulouse and became a lawyer, then briefly administrator of the district of Libourne...
, 1832–1854, politician - Ustazade Silvestre de SacyUstazade Silvestre de SacySamuel Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy was a French journalist. The son of Antoine-Isaac Silvestre de Sacy , he was for 20 years the editor of the Journal des Débats, also contributing critical work to it. He became a curator at the Bibliothèque Mazarine in 1836 and became its administrator in 1848...
, 1854–1879, literary critic - Eugène Labiche, 1880–1888, playwright and novelist
- Henri MeilhacHenri MeilhacHenri Meilhac , was a French dramatist and opera librettist.-Biography:Meilhac was born in Paris in 1831. As a young man, he began writing fanciful articles for Parisian newspapers and vaudevilles, in a vivacious boulevardier spirit which brought him to the forefront...
, 1888–1897, playwright - Henri LavedanHenri LavedanHenri Léon Emile Lavedan , French dramatist and man of letters, was born at Orléans, the son of Hubert Léon Lavedan, a well-known Catholic and liberal journalist....
, 1898–1940, playwright and novelist - Ernest SeillièreErnest SeillièreErnest-Antoine Seillière was a French writer, journalist and critic.-Life:He was born in Paris, the son of Aimé Seillière and Marie de Laborde. He studied at theÉcole polytechnique...
, 1946–1955, historian of literature and of philosophy, and essayist - André ChamsonAndré ChamsonAndré Chamson was a French archivist, novelist and essayist. He was the father of the novelist Frédérique Hébrard.-Life:Chamson was born at , Nîmes, Gard....
, 1956–1983, novelist, essayist and historian - Fernand BraudelFernand BraudelFernand Braudel was a French historian and a leader of the Annales School. His scholarship focused on three main projects, each representing several decades of intense study: The Mediterranean , Civilization and Capitalism , and the unfinished Identity of France...
, 1984–1985, historian of civilisations - Jacques LaurentJacques LaurentJacques Laurent or Jacques Laurent-Cély was a French writer and journalist.He belonged to the literary group of the Hussards, and is known as a prolific historical novelist, essay writer, and screenwriter under the nom de plume of Cecil Saint-Laurent...
, 1986–2000, novelist, essayist and journalist - Frédéric VitouxFrédéric VitouxFrédéric Vitoux is a French writer and journalist.He is known as a novelist, biographer and literary columnist.He was elected at the Académie Française in 2001...
, elected 2001, writer and journalist
Seat 16
- Jean SirmondJean SirmondJean Sirmond was a neo-Latin poet and French man of letters, historiographer of Louis XIII.-His life and writing:...
, 1634–1649, historiographer - Jean de MontereulJean de MontereulJean de Montereul was a French ecclesiastic and diplomat.-Life:The son of an advocate to the parlement de Paris, Jean was originally intended for a legal career himself, but in the course of a trip to Italy with Pomponne de Bellièvre he was made a canon of Toul...
, 1649–1651, ecclesiastic - François Tallemant l'Aîné, 1651–1693, ecclesiastic
- Simon de la LoubèreSimon de la LoubèreSimon de la Loubère was a French diplomat, writer, mathematician and poet.-Mission to Siam:Simon de la Loubère led an embassy to Siam in 1687 . The embassy, composed of five warships, arrived in Bangkok in October 1687 and was received by Ok-khun Chamnan...
, 1693–1729, diplomat and poet - Claude SallierClaude SallierClaude Sallier was a French ecclesiastic and philologist, as well as professor of Hebrew at the Collège royal and garde des manuscrits of the Bibliothèque du Roi.- France's first public library :...
, 1729–1761, ecclesiastic and philologist - Jean-Gilles du CoëtlosquetJean-Gilles du CoëtlosquetJean-Gilles du Coëtlosquet was a French ecclesiastic, bishop of Limoges and preceptor to the grandchildren of Louis XV.-Life:...
, 1761–1784, ecclesiastic - Anne-Pierre de Montesquiou-Fézensac, 1784–1793, politician
- Antoine-Vincent ArnaultAntoine-Vincent ArnaultAntoine-Vincent Arnault was a French dramatist.Arnault was born in Paris. His first play, Marius à Minturne , immediately established his reputation. A year later he followed with a second republican tragedy, Lucrèce. Arnault left France during the Reign of Terror, but on his return, he was...
, 1803, excluded by ordinance 1816, re-elected in 1829 to seat 13, poet, fabulist and playwright - Armand du Plessis, duc de RichelieuArmand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de RichelieuArmand Emmanuel Sophie Septimanie de Vignerot du Plessis, 5th Duke of Richelieu was a prominent French statesman during the Bourbon Restoration...
, 1816–1822, politician - Bon-Joseph DacierBon-Joseph DacierBon Joseph Dacier was a French historian, philologist and translator from ancient Greek. He became a Chevalier de l'Empire , then Baron de l'Empire...
, 1822–1833, philologist - Pierre-François Tissot, 1833–1854, poet and historian
- Félix DupanloupFélix DupanloupFélix Antoine Philibert Dupanloup was a French ecclesiastic.-Biography:He was born at Saint-Félix, in Haute-Savoie. In his earliest years he was confided to the care of his brother, a priest in the diocese of Chambéry. In 1810 he was sent to a pensionnat ecclésiastique at Paris...
, 1854–1878, ecclesiastic - Edme-Armand-Gaston d'Audiffret-PasquierEdme-Armand-Gaston d'Audiffret-PasquierEdme-Armand-Gaston, duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier , known as Gaston Audiffret-Pasquier, was a French politician and member of the Académie française, Seat 16. He was preceded in his position by Félix Dupanloup and succeeded by Alexandre Ribot.He was the grand-nephew and adopted son of Baron Etienne...
, 1878–1905, politician - Alexandre RibotAlexandre RibotAlexandre-Félix-Joseph Ribot was a French politician, four times Prime Minister.-Biography:He was born in Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais.After a brilliant academic career at the University of Paris, where he was lauréat of the faculty of law, he rapidly made his mark at the bar...
, 1906–1923, politician, lawyer, magistrate and jurist - Henri-RobertHenri-RobertHenri-Robert was a French lawyer, historian, and member of the Académie française in 1923.Born an illegitimate child, Robert was admitted to the bar in 1885 and rose to become a celebrated criminal defense laywer. He defended a young woman named Gabrielle Bompard in a sensational 1889 murder...
, 1923–1936, lawyer and historian - Charles MaurrasCharles MaurrasCharles-Marie-Photius Maurras was a French author, poet, and critic. He was a leader and principal thinker of Action Française, a political movement that was monarchist, anti-parliamentarist, and counter-revolutionary. Maurras' ideas greatly influenced National Catholicism and "nationalisme...
, 1938, not excluded, but seat "declared vacant" for VichyVichy FranceVichy France, Vichy Regime, or Vichy Government, are common terms used to describe the government of France that collaborated with the Axis powers from July 1940 to August 1944. This government succeeded the Third Republic and preceded the Provisional Government of the French Republic...
collaborationCollaborationismCollaborationism is cooperation with enemy forces against one's country. Legally, it may be considered as a form of treason. Collaborationism may be associated with criminal deeds in the service of the occupying power, which may include complicity with the occupying power in murder, persecutions,...
in 1945, journalist, politician, essayist and poet - Antoine de Lévis MirepoixAntoine de Lévis MirepoixAntoine Pierre Marie François Joseph de Lévis-Mirepoix was a French historian, novelist and essayist...
, 1953–1981, novelist, historian and essayist - Léopold Sédar SenghorLéopold Sédar SenghorLéopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who for two decades served as the first president of Senegal . Senghor was the first African elected as a member of the Académie française. Before independence, he founded the political party called the Senegalese...
, 1983–2001, head of state (SenegalSenegalSenegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
), politician, poet and essayist - Valéry Giscard d'EstaingValéry Giscard d'EstaingValéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing is a French centre-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981...
, elected 2003, former president of France
Seat 17
- François de Cauvigny de ColombyFrançois de Cauvigny de ColombyFrançois de Cauvigny, sieur de Colomby was a French poet, translator, conseiller du roi and "orateur du roi pour les discours d'État".- Works :*Les Plaintes de la captive Caliston à l'invincible Aristarque - his main work....
, 1634–1649, poet - François Tristan l'HermiteFrançois Tristan l'HermiteFrançois l'Hermite was a French dramatist who wrote under the name Tristan l'Hermite. He was born at the Château de Soliers in the Haute Marche....
, 1649–1655, playwright and poet - Hippolyte-Jules Pilet de La MesnardièreHippolyte-Jules Pilet de La MesnardièreHippolyte-Jules Pilet de La Mesnardière was a French physician, man of letters and dramatist.He was elected to the Académie française in 1655...
, 1655–1663, critic, poet and historian - François-Honorat de Beauvilliers, duc de Saint-AignanFrançois de Beauvillier, 1st duc de Saint-AignanFrançois de Beauvilliers, 1st duc de Saint-Aignan was born in Saint-Aignan ....
, 1663–1687, soldier - François-Timoléon de ChoisyFrançois-Timoléon de ChoisyFrançois Timoléon, abbé de Choisy was a French author.-Life:He was born in Paris. His father was attached to the household of the duke of Orléans, and his mother, who was on intimate terms with Anne of Austria, was regularly called upon to amuse Louis XIV...
, 1687–1724, ecclesiastic - Antoine PortailAntoine PortailAntoine Portail was a French magistrate and premier président of the Parlement de Paris.- External links :*...
, 1724–1736, politician - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La ChausséePierre-Claude Nivelle de La ChausséePierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée , French dramatist who blurred the lines between comedy and tragedy with his comédie larmoyante....
, 1736–1754, playwright - Jean-Pierre de BougainvilleJean-Pierre de BougainvilleJean-Pierre de Bougainville was a French writer and the elder brother of the explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville....
, 1754–1763, historian - Jean-François MarmontelJean-François MarmontelJean-François Marmontel was a French historian and writer, a member of the Encyclopediste movement.-Biography:He was born of poor parents at Bort, Limousin...
, 1763–1793, philosopher and essayist - Louis-Marcelin de FontanesLouis-Marcelin de FontanesLouis-Marcelin, marquis de Fontanes was a French poet and politician.-Biography:Born in Niort , he belonged to a noble Protestant family of Languedoc which had been reduced to poverty by the revocation of the edict of Nantes. His father and grandfather remained Protestant, but he was himself...
, 1803–1821, politician, poet and journalist - Abel-François VillemainAbel-François VillemainAbel-François Villemain was a French politician and writer.-Biography:Villemain was born in Paris and educated at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. He became assistant master at the Lycée Charlemagne, and subsequently at the École Normale. In 1812 he gained a prize from the Academy with an essay on Michel...
, 1821–1870, politician and literary critic - Émile LittréÉmile LittréÉmile Maximilien Paul Littré was a French lexicographer and philosopher, best known for his Dictionnaire de la langue française, commonly called "The Littré".-Biography:Émile Littré was born in Paris...
, 1871–1881, philologist and philosopher - Louis PasteurLouis PasteurLouis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist born in Dole. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of diseases. His discoveries reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and he created the first vaccine for rabies and anthrax. His experiments...
, 1881–1895, chemist - Gaston ParisGaston ParisBruno Paulin Gaston Paris , known as Gaston Paris, was a French writer and scholar.He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901, 1902 and 1903.-Biography:Paris was born at Avenay...
, 1896–1903, philologist and literary historian - Frédéric MassonFrédéric MassonLouis Claude Frédéric Masson was a French historian, born in Paris.-Biography:His father, Francis Masson, a solicitor, was killed on 23 June 1848, when major in the garde nationale...
, 1903–1923, historian - Georges LecomteGeorges LecomteGeorges Lecomte was a French novelist and playwright, who also wrote literary, historical and artistic studies....
, 1924–1958, novelist, essayist, art critic and historian - Jean DelayJean DelayJean Delay was a French psychiatrist, neurologist and writer. He discovered, jointly with J. M...
, 1959–1987, psychiatrist, essayist and novelist - Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water...
, 1988–1997, oceanographer, film-maker and essayist - Érik OrsennaÉrik OrsennaÉrik Orsenna is the pen-name of Érik Arnoult , a French politician and novelist. After studying philosophy and political science at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris , Orsenna specialized in economics at the London School of Economics...
, elected 1998, politician and novelist
Seat 18
- Jean BaudoinJean Baudoin (translator)Jean Baudoin , born in the Vivarais region, was a French translator, notable as the first French translator of Torquato Tasso's La Gerusalemme liberata and as an early member of the Académie française, to which he was elected before 13 March 1634. He died of hunger and cold in 1650, and was...
, 1634–1650, translator - François CharpentierFrançois CharpentierFrançois Charpentier was a French archaeologist and man of letters.-Biography:Charpentier was born in Paris, and intended for the bar, but was employed by Colbert, who had determined on the foundation of a French East India Company, to draw up an explanatory account of the project for Louis...
, 1650–1702, novelist - Jean-François de ChamillartJean-François de ChamillartJean-François de Chamillart was a French churchman. The brother of the contrôleur général des finances Michel de Chamillart, Jean-François served as abbot of the Fontgombault Abbey, and of Baume-les-Messieurs Abbey, as count and bishop of Dol , and then as bishop of Senlis .He gained a doctorate...
, 1702–1714, ecclesiastic - Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, 1714–1734, politician and soldier
- Honoré-Armand de VillarsHonoré-Armand de VillarsDon Honoré Armand de Villars, 2e duc de Villars , Duke and Peer of France, Prince of Martigues, Grandee of Spain, Knight of the Golden Fleece, Viscount of Melun, Marquis of la Melle, Count of Rochemiley, was a French nobleman, soldier and politician.-Early life:He was the son of Claude Louis Hector...
, 1734–1770, politician - Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne, 1770–1794, ecclesiastic, politician and philosopher
- Jean-Gérard Lacuée de Cessac, 1803–1841, politician
- Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de TocquevilleAlexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville was a French political thinker and historian best known for his Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution . In both of these works, he explored the effects of the rising equality of social conditions on the individual and the state in...
, 1841–1859, politician - Henri Lacordaire, 1860–1861, ecclesiastic
- Albert de Broglie, 1862–1901, politician, diplomat and historian
- Charles-Jean-Melchior de VogüéCharles-Jean-Melchior de VogüéCharles-Jean-Melchior de Vogüé was a French archeologist, diplomat, and member of the Académie française in seat 18. He was the uncle of fellow academician Eugene Melchior de Vogüé, who served concurrently for a few years in seat 39....
, 1901–1916, archaeologist and historian - Ferdinand FochFerdinand FochFerdinand Foch , GCB, OM, DSO was a French soldier, war hero, military theorist, and writer credited with possessing "the most original and subtle mind in the French army" in the early 20th century. He served as general in the French army during World War I and was made Marshal of France in its...
, 1918–1929, soldier - Philippe PétainPhilippe PétainHenri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain , generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain , was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, and was later Chief of State of Vichy France , from 1940 to 1944...
, 1929–1945, soldier (expelled from the Academy after trial; in 1945-1952 the seat was vacant) - André François-PoncetAndré François-PoncetAndré François-Poncet was a French politician and diplomat whose post as ambassador to Germany allowed him to witness first-hand the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, and the Nazi regime's preparations for war.François-Poncet was the son of a counselor of the Court of Appeals in...
, 1952–1978, politician and diplomat - Edgar FaureEdgar FaureEdgar Faure was a French politician, essayist, historian, and memoirist.-Career:Faure was born in Béziers, Languedoc-Roussillon. He trained as a lawyer in Paris and became a member of the Bar at 27, the youngest lawyer in France to do so at the time...
, 1978–1988, politician and historian - Michel SerresMichel SerresMichel Serres is a French philosopher and author, celebrated for his unusual career.-Life and career:...
, elected 1990, philosopher
Seat 19
- François de Porchères d'ArbaudFrançois de Porchères d'ArbaudFrançois d'Arbaud de Porchères was born in Brignoles in the French department of Var, on the 20th of December 1590 and died in Burgundy on the 5th of May, 1640...
, 1634–1640, poet - Olivier PatruOlivier PatruOlivier Patru was a French lawyer and writer....
, 1640–1681, lawyer - Nicolas Potier de NovionNicolas Potier de NovionNicolas Potier de Novion was a French magistrate of the Ancien Regime.-Life:Originating from the Potier de Blancmesnil family, he was the son of André I Potier de Novion, president to the parliament, and of Catherine Cavelier....
, 1681–1693, magistrate - Philippe Goibaud-DuboisPhilippe Goibaud-DuboisPhilippe Goibaud-Dubois was a French writer and translator.-External links:*...
, 1693–1694, translator - Charles BoileauCharles BoileauCharles Boileau was a French ecclesiastic and preacher.- External links :*...
, 1694–1704, ecclesiastic - Gaspard AbeilleGaspard AbeilleGaspard Abeille was a French lyric and tragic poet, born in Riez, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. He was educated with the aim of a career in the church and received the title of Abbé. In 1704, he was elected a member of the Académie française...
, 1704–1718, ecclesiastic - Nicolas-Hubert de MongaultNicolas-Hubert de MongaultNicolas-Hubert Mongault was a French ecclesiastic and writer.-External links:*...
, 1718–1746, ecclesiastic - Charles Pinot DuclosCharles Pinot DuclosCharles Pinot Duclos was a French author.-Life:He was born at Dinan, in Brittany. At an early age, he was sent to study at Paris...
, 1746–1772, grammarian and historian - Nicolas BeauzéeNicolas BeauzéeNicolas Beauzée was a French grammarian....
, 1772–1789, grammarian - Jean-Jacques BarthélemyJean-Jacques BarthélemyJean-Jacques Barthélemy was a French writer and numismatist.-Early life:Barthélemy was born at Cassis, in Provence, and began his classical studies at the College of Oratory in Marseilles. He took up philosophy and theology at the Jesuits' college, and finally attended the seminary of the Lazarists...
, 1789–1795, ecclesiastic - Marie-Joseph Chénier, 1803–1811, poet and playwright
- François-René de ChâteaubriandFrançois-René de ChateaubriandFrançois-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian. He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature.-Early life and exile:...
, 1811–1848, politician, poet and novelist - Paul de Noailles, 1849–1885, historian
- Édouard HervéÉdouard HervéÉdouard Hervé was a French journalist, historian and politician....
, 1886–1899, politician - Paul DeschanelPaul DeschanelPaul Eugène Louis Deschanel was a French statesman. He served as President of France from 18 February 1920 to 21 September 1920.-Biography:...
, 1899–1922, politician - Auguste JonnartCharles JonnartCharles Célestin Auguste Jonnart was a French politician.Born into a bourgeois family in Fléchin, Pas-de-Calais, Charles Jonnart was educated at Saint-Omer, then in Paris. Interested in the Algeria that he had visited as a young man, he was appointed in 1881 by Léon Gambetta to the office of...
, 1923–1927, politician, senior bureaucrat and diplomat - Maurice PaléologueMaurice PaléologueMaurice Paléologue was a French diplomat, historian, and essayist.-Biography:Paléologue was born in Paris as the son of Alexandru Paleologu, a Wallachian Romanian revolutionary who had fled to France after attempting to assassinate Prince Gheorghe Bibescu during the 1848 Wallachian revolution;...
, 1928–1944, diplomat and historian - Charles de ChambrunCharles de Chambrun (1875-1952)Charles Pineton de Chambrun was a French diplomat and writer.-Life:He was the son of a judicial counsellor to the French ambassador to the United States...
, 1946–1952, diplomat - Fernand GreghFernand GreghFernand Gregh was a French poet and literary critic....
, 1953–1960, poet, literary critic and historian - René ClairRené ClairRené Clair born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker.-Biography:He was born in Paris and grew up in the Les Halles quarter. He attended the Lycée Montaigne and the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. During World War I, he served as an ambulance driver. After the war, he started a career as a journalist...
, 1960–1981, movie director and novelist - Pierre MoinotPierre MoinotPierre Moinot was a French novelist. He was elected to the Académie française on 21 January 1982.-Bibliography:*Armes et Bagages, roman...
, 1982–2007, senior bureaucrat and novelist - Jean-Loup DabadieJean-Loup DabadieJean-Loup Dabadie is a French journalist, writer, lyricist, award-winning screenwriter and member of the Académie Française.-Selected filmography:* Anna * Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me -Awards:...
, elected 2008, journalist, lyricist and screenwriter
Seat 20
- Paul Hay du ChasteletPaul Hay du ChasteletPaul Hay du Chastelet was a French magistrate, orator and writer. His brother Daniel Hay du Chastelet de Chambon was a mathematician.-External links:*...
, 1634–1636, lawyer - Nicolas Perrot d'AblancourtNicolas Perrot d'AblancourtNicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt was a French translator of the Greek and Latin classics into French and a member of the Académie française.-Life:...
, 1637–1664, translator - Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, 1665–1693, novelist
- Jean-Paul BignonJean-Paul BignonJean-Paul Bignon was a French ecclesiastic, statesman, writer and preacher and librarian to Louis XIV of France...
, 1693–1743, ecclesiastic - Armand-Jérôme BignonArmand-Jérôme BignonArmand-Jérôme Bignon was a French lawyer, royal librarian and conseiller d'État.-Life:The lord of Île Belle and Hardricourt, he was made avocat général to the Grand Conseil in 1729, maître des requêtes for Soissons in 1737 and president of the Grand Conseil in 1738.In 1743, on his brother's death...
, 1743–1772, politician - Louis-Georges de BréquignyLouis-Georges de BréquignyLouis-Georges-Oudard-Feudrix de Bréquigny , French scholar, was born at Granville, Manche in Normandy.His first publications were anonymous: an Histoire des revolutions de Genes jusqu'à la paix de 1748 , and a series of Vies des orateurs grecs...
, 1772–1795, historian - Ponce-Denis Écouchard-Lebrun, 1803–1807, poet
- François-Juste-Marie Raynouard, 1807–1836, lawyer, poet and playwright
- François-Auguste Mignet, 1836–1884, historian
- Victor DuruyVictor DuruyJean Victor Duruy was a French historian and statesman.He was born in Paris, the son of a factory worker, and at first intended for his father's trade...
, 1884–1894, politician and historian - Jules LemaîtreJules LemaîtreFrançois Élie Jules Lemaître , was a French critic and dramatist.He was born at Vennecy . He became a professor at the university of Grenoble, but was already well known for his literary criticism, and in 1884 he resigned his position to devote his time to literature...
, 1895–1914, playwright and critic - Henry BordeauxHenry BordeauxHenri Bordeaux was a French writer and lawyer.Bordeaux came from a family of lawyers of Savoy. His grandfather was a magistrate and his father served on the Chambéry bar. During his early life, he relocated between Savoy and Paris and the tensions between provincial and city life influenced his...
, 1919–1963, lawyer and novelist - Thierry MaulnierThierry MaulnierThierry Maulnier was a French journalist, essayist, dramatist, and literary critic.-Before 1940:...
, 1964–1988, journalist and playwright - José CabanisJosé CabanisJosé Cabanis was a French novelist, essayist, historian and magistrate. He was elected mainteneur of the Académie des Jeux floraux in 1965 and a member of the Académie française in 1990.- Works :...
, 1990–2000, magistrate and novelist - Angelo RinaldiAngelo RinaldiAngelo Rinaldi is a French writer and literary critic.-Biography:Rinaldi is the son of Pierre-François Rinaldi and Antoinette Pietri; after growing up in Corsica he became a journalist...
, elected 2001, writer
Seat 21
- Marin le Roy de GombervilleMarin le Roy de GombervilleMarin le Roy, sieur du Parc et de Gomberville was a French poet and novelist.He was born at Paris, and at fourteen he produced a volume of poetry. At twenty he wrote a Discours sur l'histoire and at twenty-two a pastoral, La Charité, which is really a novel...
, 1634–1674, novelist - Pierre Daniel HuetPierre Daniel HuetPierre Daniel Huet was a French churchman and scholar, editor of the Delphin Classics, founder of the Academie du Physique in Caen and Bishop of Soissons from 1685 to 1689 and afterwards of Avranches.-Life:...
, 1674–1721, ecclesiastic - Jean Boivin le Cadet, 1721–1726, professor
- Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvilliers, Duc de Saint-Aignan, 1726–1776, politician
- Charles-Pierre ColardeauCharles-Pierre ColardeauCharles-Pierre Colardeau was a French poet. His most notable works are an imitation of Eloisa to Abelard by Alexander Pope and a translation of the first two sections of Night-Thoughts by Edward Young. They witness to the pre-Romantic sensibility of the 18th century, as also seen in the works of...
, 1776, poet and playwright - Jean-François de la HarpeJean-François de La HarpeJean-François de La Harpe was a French playwright, writer and critic.-Life:La Harpe was born in Paris of poor parents. His father, who signed himself Delharpe, was a descendant of a noble family originally of Vaud...
, 1776–1793, poet, playwright and critic - Pierre-Louis Lacretelle l'Aîné, 1803–1824, lawyer
- François-Xavier-Joseph DrozFrançois-Xavier-Joseph DrozFrançois-Xavier-Joseph Droz was a French writer on ethics, political science and political economy.He was born at Besançon, where his family had supplied many notable members of the legal profession. Droz's own legal studies led him to Paris in 1792; he arrived the day after the dethronement of...
, 1824–1850, philosopher and historian - Charles de Montalembert, 1851–1870, philosopher
- Henri d'Orléans, Duc d'AumaleHenri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale-Bibliophile:He was a noted collector of old manuscripts and books. His library remains at Chantilly.-Death:By his will of the June 3, 1884, however, he had bequeathed to the Institute of France his Chantilly estate, including the Château de Chantilly, with all the art-collection he had collected...
, 1871–1897, soldier, politician and historian - Eugène Guillaume, 1898–1905, sculptor
- Étienne LamyÉtienne LamyÉtienne Marie Victor Lamy was a French author, born in Cize, Jura. He was educated at the College Stanislas and became a doctor of law in 1870. From 1871 to 1881 he was a deputy from his native department, Jura, and his earlier writings were political and historical...
, 1905–1919, essayist, politician and lawyer - André ChevrillonAndré ChevrillonAndré Chevrillon was a French writer, a nephew of Taine, who chose England and the Orient as objects of study.Chevrillon was born at Ruelle , and educated at the University College School , the École Alsacienne , the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, and the University of Paris...
, 1920–1957, essayist and literary historian and critic - Marcel AchardMarcel AchardMarcel Achard was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position as a highly-recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles for five decades...
, 1959–1974, playwright and journalist - Félicien MarceauFélicien MarceauFélicien Marceau is the pen name of Louis Carette a French novelist, playwright and essayist originally from Belgium. He was close to the Hussards right-wing literary movement, itself close to the monarchist .He received the Prix Goncourt for his book Creezy in 1969...
, elected 1975, playwright, novelist and essayist
Seat 22
- Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, 1634–1661, poet
- Jacques CassagneJacques CassagneJacques Cassagne or Jacques de Cassaigne was a French clergyman, poet and moralist.-Life:A doctor of theology, he was 'garde' of the king's library and entered the Académie française aged 29...
, 1662–1679, ecclesiastic and poet - Louis de Verjus, Comte de Crécy, 1679–1709, politician
- Jean-Antoine de MesmesJean-Antoine de MesmesJean-Antoine de Mesmes was a Parisian magistrate and member of the Académie française.He was the son of Jean-Jacques de Mesmes, himself a member of the Académie française from 1676 to 1688....
, 1710–1723, magistrate - Pierre-Joseph AlaryPierre-Joseph AlaryPierre-Joseph Alary was a French ecclesiastic and writer.-Life:Prior of Gournay-sur-Marne and sous-précepteur to Louis XV, he attended the salon of Madame de Lambert, was elected to the Académie française in 1723 and the following year was one of the founders of the Club de l'Entresol...
, 1723–1770, ecclesiastic - Gabriel-Henri GaillardGabriel-Henri GaillardGabriel-Henri Gaillard , French historian, was born at Ostel, Picardy.He was educated for the bar, but after finishing his studies adopted a literary career, ultimately devoting his chief attention to history...
, 1771–1806, ecclesiastic, historian, grammarian and journalist - Louis-Philippe de Ségur, 1806–1830, diplomat, historian, poet and playwright
- Jean-Pons-Guillaume ViennetJean-Pons-Guillaume ViennetJean-Pons-Guillaume Viennet was a French politician, playwright and poet. He was also a member of the Académie française and a prominent Freemason....
, 1830–1868, politician, poet and playwright - Joseph d'HaussonvilleJoseph d'HaussonvilleJoseph Othenin Bernard de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville , was a French politician and historian.He was born in Paris...
, 1869–1884, politician and diplomat - Ludovic HalévyLudovic HalévyLudovic Halévy was a French author and playwright. He was half Jewish : his Jewish father had converted to Christianity prior to his birth, to marry his mother, née Alexandrine Lebas.-Biography:Ludovic Halévy was born in Paris...
, 1884–1908, playwright, librettist and novelist - Eugène BrieuxEugène BrieuxEugène Brieux , French dramatist, was born in Paris of poor parents.A one-act play, Bernard Palissy, written in collaboration with M...
, 1909–1932, playwright - François MauriacFrançois MauriacFrançois Mauriac was a French author; member of the Académie française ; laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature . He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur .-Biography:...
, 1933–1970, writer, essayist and literary critic - Julien GreenJulien GreenJulien Green , was an American writer, who authored several novels, including Léviathan and Each in His Own Darkness...
, 1971–1998, novelist and playwright - René de ObaldiaRené de ObaldiaRené de Obaldia is a French playwright and poet. He was elected to the Académie française June 24, 1999.He grew up in Paris, studying at the Lycée Condorcet before being mobilised for the army in 1940. Taken prisoner, he was sent to Stalag VIII C...
, elected 1999, playwright and poet
Seat 23
- Guillaume ColletetGuillaume ColletetGuillaume Colletet was a French poet and a founder member of the Académie française. His son was François Colletet.-Life:Colletet was born and died in Paris...
, 1634–1659, lawyer and playwright - Gilles BoileauGilles BoileauGilles Boileau , the elder brother of the more famous Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, was a French translator and member of the Académie française....
, 1659–1669, poet - Jean de MontignyJean de MontignyThe Abbé Jean de Montigny was a French philosophic writer and poet, elected to the Académie française, but who died in his prime.-Biography:...
, 1670–1671, ecclesiastic and poet - Charles PerraultCharles PerraultCharles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue...
, 1671–1703, poet - Armand-Gaston-Maximilien de Rohan, 1703–1749, ecclesiastic and politician
- Louis-Gui de Guérapin de VauréalLouis-Gui de Guérapin de VauréalLouis-Guy de Guérapin de Vauréal was a French ecclesiastic and diplomat.-Life:He was master of the king's chapel in 1732 and bishop of Rennes . A major opponent of the Jansenists, he presided at five assemblies of the clergy of Brittany between 1732 and 1740...
, 1749–1760, ecclesiastic and politician - Charles-Marie de la Condamine, 1760–1774, explorer
- Jacques DelilleJacques DelilleJacques Delille was a French poet and translator. He was born at Aigueperse in Auvergne.-Life:He was an illegitimate child, and was descended by his mother from the chancellor De l'Hôpital. He was educated at the College of Lisieux in Paris and became an elementary teacher...
, 1774–1813, ecclesiastic and poet - François-Nicolas-Vincent CampenonFrançois-Nicolas-Vincent CampenonFrançois Nicolas Vincent Campenon was a French poet and translator from Latin and English.-Poems:*Épître aux femmes *La Maison des champs, poëme...
, 1813–1843, poet - Marc GirardinMarc GirardinSaint-Marc Girardin was a French politician and man of letters, whose real name was Marc Girardin.-Biography:...
, 1844–1873, politician and literary critic - Alfred MézièresAlfred MézièresAlfred Jean François Mézières was a French journalist, politician and historian of literature.-Works:* De Fluminibus inferorum, thesim proponebat Facultati litterarum parisiensi...
, 1874–1915, literary historian, politician and essayist - René BoylesveRené BoylesveRené Boylesve , born René Marie Auguste Tardiveau, was a French author.-Works:* Le Médecin des Dames de Néans ,* Mademoiselle Cloque ,* La Becquée ,...
, 1918–1926, novelist and poet - Abel HermantAbel HermantAbel Hermant was a French novelist, playwright, essayist and writer, and member of the Académie Française.-Biography:Hermant was born in Paris, the son of an architect....
, 1927–1945, novelist, essayist and journalist - Étienne GilsonÉtienne GilsonÉtienne Gilson was a French Thomistic philosopher and historian of philosophy...
, 1946–1978, philosopher - Henri GouhierHenri GouhierHenri Gouhier was a French philosopher, a historian of philosophy, and a literary critic.Born in Auxerre, Yonne, his educational studies led to a doctorate in 1926...
, 1979–1994, philosopher and literary critic - Pierre RosenbergPierre RosenbergPierre Max Rosenberg is a French art historian and essayist.Born in Paris, he graduated at the École du Louvre. He joined the Musée du Louvre in 1962 as an assistant, then became curator and later director of the museum. Rosenberg was elected to the Académie française on 7 December...
, elected 1995, art historian and essayist
Seat 24
- Jean Silhon, 1634–1667, politician
- Jean-Baptiste ColbertJean-Baptiste ColbertJean-Baptiste Colbert was a French politician who served as the Minister of Finances of France from 1665 to 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. His relentless hard work and thrift made him an esteemed minister. He achieved a reputation for his work of improving the state of French manufacturing...
, 1667–1683, politician - Jean de la FontaineJean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, and in French regional...
, 1684–1695, poet - Jules de ClérambaultJules de ClérambaultJules de Clérambault was a French ecclesiastic and Abbot of Saint-Taurin d’Évreux.He was the son of Marshal of France Philippe de Clérambault de La Palluau, and brother of Philippe, who in 1704 as lieutenant general, was responsible for the defense of the village of Blindheim in the Battle of...
, 1695–1714, ecclesiastic - Guillaume MassieuGuillaume MassieuGuillaume Massieu was a French churchman, translator and poet, best known for his Latin verses in praise of the agreeability and benefits of coffee.-External links:*...
, 1714–1722, ecclesiastic - Claude-François-Alexandre HouttevilleClaude-François-Alexandre HouttevilleClaude François Alexandre Houtteville was a French churchman and religious writer....
, 1722–1742, ecclesiastic - Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, 1742–1763, playwright and novelist
- Claude-François Lysarde de RadonvilliersClaude-François Lysarde de RadonvilliersClaude-François Lizarde de Radonvilliers was a French churchman and teacher.-External links:*...
, 1763–1789, ecclesiastic - Constantin-François de Chassebœuf, Comte de Volney, 1803–1820, philosopher
- Claude-Emmanuel de PastoretClaude-Emmanuel de PastoretClaude-Emmanuel Joseph Pierre, marquis de Pastoret was a French author and politician.Pastoret was elected member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres on the strength of his "Zoroastre, Confucius et Mahomet comparés comme sectaires, legislateurs et moralistes". He was Venerable...
, 1820–1840, politician, lawyer and poet - Louis de Beaupoil, Comte de Sainte-Aulaire, 1841–1854, politician
- Victor de Broglie, 1855–1870, politician
- Prosper Duvergier de HauranneProsper Duvergier de HauranneProsper Duvergier de Hauranne was a French journalist and politician.-External links:*...
, 1870–1881, politician - Armand Prudhomme, 1881–1907, poet and essayist
- Henri PoincaréHenri PoincaréJules Henri Poincaré was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and a philosopher of science...
, 1908–1912, mathematician, astronomer, engineer and philosopher - Alfred CapusAlfred CapusAlfred Capus was a French journalist and playwright, born in Aix-en-Provence and deceased in Neuilly-sur-Seine.-Biography:Son to a lawyer from Marseille, Alfred Capus went to university in Toulon...
, 1914–1922, playwright, journalist and essayist - Édouard EstauniéÉdouard EstauniéÉdouard Estaunié was a French novelist. Estaunié trained as a scientist and engineer before turning to the novel in 1891. In 1904, he devised the word "telecommunication". He was elected to the Académie française in 1923...
, 1923–1942, novelist and engineer - Louis-Pasteur Vallery-RadotLouis-Pasteur Vallery-RadotLouis Pasteur Vallery-Radot was a French physician, biographer of his grandfather Louis Pasteur and editor of Pasteur's complete works....
, 1944–1970, doctor - Étienne WolffÉtienne WolffÉtienne Wolff was a French biologist, specialising in experimental and teratological embryology...
, 1971–1996, biologist - Jean-François RevelJean-François RevelJean-François Revel was a French politician, journalist, author, prolific philosopher and member of the Académie française from June 1998...
, 1997–2006, historian and essayist - Max GalloMax GalloMax Gallo is a French writer, historian and politician.The son of Italian immigrants, Max Gallo's early career was in journalism. At the time he was a Communist . In 1974, he joined the Socialist Party. On April 26, 2007, the French Academy recorded his candidacy for its Seat 24, formerly held by...
, elected 2007, journalist and novelist
Seat 25
- Claude de L'EstoileClaude de L'EstoileClaude de L'Estoile was a French playwright and poet. He was a founder member of the Académie française.-External links:* * on...
, 1634–1652, playwright and poet - Armand de Camboust, duc de CoislinArmand de Camboust, duc de CoislinArmand de Camboust, duc de Coislin was a French lieutenant général des armées du roi, and a duke and peer of France. The son of a colonel in the Swiss Guards, he was elected a member of the Académie française in 1652 aged 16 and a half. He died young and his seat was then held by his two sons,...
, 1652–1702, soldier - Pierre de Camboust, duc de CoislinPierre de Camboust, duc de CoislinPierre de Camboust, duc de Coislin was a duke and peer of France, succeeding his father. He was admitted to the Académie française in his father's seat on 11 December 1702 by the abbé de Dangeau.-External links:*...
, 1702–1710, aristocrat - Henri-Charles de Coislin, 1710–1732, ecclesiastic
- Jean-Baptiste SurianJean-Baptiste SurianJean-Baptiste Surian was a French Oratorian and preacher who became bishop of Vence. He was elected to the Académie française in 1733.- External links :*...
, 1733–1754, ecclesiastic - Jean Le Rond, dit d'AlembertJean le Rond d'AlembertJean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher, and music theorist. He was also co-editor with Denis Diderot of the Encyclopédie...
, 1754–1783, philosopher and mathematician - Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-GouffierMarie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-GouffierMarie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier was a member of the Académie Française and the Choiseul-Gouffier family, French ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1784 until the fall of the French monarchy and a scholar of ancient Greece.-Life:Right from his studies at the collège...
, 1783–1793, biographer - Jean-Étienne-Marie PortalisJean-Étienne-Marie PortalisJean-Étienne-Marie Portalis was a French jurist and politician in time of the French Revolution and the First Empire...
, 1803–1807, politician, philosopher and lawyer - Pierre LaujonPierre LaujonPierre Laujon was a French playwright and chansonnier. He was uncle to the playwright Pierre-Yves Barré.-External links:* * - Source :...
, 1807–1811, poet and songwriter - Charles-Guillaume ÉtienneCharles-Guillaume ÉtienneCharles-Guillaume Étienne was a French dramatist and miscellaneous writer.He was born in Chamouilley, Haute Marne. He held various municipal offices under the Revolution and came in 1796 to Paris, where he produced his first opera, Le Rêve, in 1799, in collaboration with Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick...
, 1811–1816. Excluded by ordinance; see also seat 32, poet and playwright - Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-GouffierMarie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-GouffierMarie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier was a member of the Académie Française and the Choiseul-Gouffier family, French ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1784 until the fall of the French monarchy and a scholar of ancient Greece.-Life:Right from his studies at the collège...
, (2nd time), 1816–1817 - Jean-Louis LayaJean-Louis LayaJean-Louis Laya was a French dramatist born in Paris. He wrote his first comedy in collaboration with Gabriel-Marie Legouvé in 1785. The piece, however, though accepted by the Comédie française, was never represented. In 1789 he produced a plea for religious toleration in the form of a five-act...
, 1817–1833, poet and playwright - Charles NodierCharles NodierJean Charles Emmanuel Nodier , was a French author who introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the conte fantastique, gothic literature, vampire tales, and the importance of dreams as part of literary creation, and whose career as a librarian is often underestimated by literary...
, 1833–1844, novelist, poet and grammarian - Prosper MériméeProsper MériméeProsper Mérimée was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen.-Life:...
, 1844–1870, novelist - Louis de LoménieLouis de LoménieLouis-Léonard de Loménie was a French scholar and essayist. He is best known for his biography of Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, and also edited this author's complete works.-Life:...
, 1871–1878, essayist - Hippolyte TaineHippolyte TaineHippolyte Adolphe Taine was a French critic and historian. He was the chief theoretical influence of French naturalism, a major proponent of sociological positivism, and one of the first practitioners of historicist criticism. Literary historicism as a critical movement has been said to originate...
, 1878–1893, essayist and historian - Albert SorelAlbert SorelAlbert Sorel , was a French historian. He was born at Honfleur and remained throughout his life a lover of his native Normandy. His father, a rich manufacturer, wanted him to take over the business but his literary vocation prevailed. He went to live in Paris, where he studied law and, after a...
, 1894–1906, historian - Maurice DonnayCharles Maurice DonnayCharles Maurice Donnay , French dramatist, was born of middle-class parents in Paris. Graduated as an engineer of École Centrale Paris, he left the industrial sector to write....
, 1907–1945, playwright - Marcel PagnolMarcel PagnolMarcel Pagnol was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. In 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie Française.-Biography:...
, 1946–1974, playwright, film-maker and novelist - Jean Bernard, 1976–2006, medical doctor
- Dominique FernandezDominique FernandezDominique Fernandez is an openly homosexual French novelist and member of the Académie française...
, elected 2007, novelist and literary critic
Seat 26
- Amable de BourzeysAmable de BourzeysAmable de Bourzeis was a French churchman, writer, hellenist, and Academician.A founding member of the Académie française, in 1663 Jean-Baptiste Colbert also made him one of the five founding members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres....
, 1634–1672, ecclesiastic and scholar - Jean GalloisJean Gallois-Life:He was abbot of the priory of Cuers and a royal librarian.. He was named to the Académie des sciences in 1669 and elected a member of the Académie française in 1672. Also a member of the Académie des Inscriptions, he became its permanent secretary...
, 1672–1707, ecclesiastic - Edme MonginEdme MonginEdme Mongin was a French orator and bishop of Bazas....
, 1707–1746, ecclesiastic - Jean-Ignace de la Ville, 1746–1774, ecclesiastic and diplomat
- Jean-Baptiste-Antoine SuardJean-Baptiste-Antoine SuardJean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard was a French journalist, translator and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment....
, 1774–1817, essayist - François Roger, 1817–1842, poet and playwright
- Henri PatinHenri PatinHenri Joseph Guillaume Patin was a French writer and translator from ancient Greek and Latin....
, 1842–1876, professor - Gaston Boissier, 1876–1908, historian and philologist
- René DoumicRené DoumicRené Doumic , French critic and man of letters, was born in Paris, and after a distinguished career at the École Normale began to teach rhetoric at the College Stanislas....
, 1909–1937, literary historian and critic, and essayist - André MauroisAndré MauroisAndré Maurois, born Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog was a French author.-Life:Maurois was born in Elbeuf and educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen, both in Normandy. Maurois was the son of Ernest Herzog, a Jewish textile manufacturer, and Alice Herzog...
, 1938–1967, novelist, essayist, literary historian and critic - Marcel ArlandMarcel ArlandMarcel Arland , was a French novelist, literary critic, and journalist.-Life:...
, 1968–1986, novelist, essayist, literary historian and critic - Georges DubyGeorges DubyGeorges Duby was a French historian specializing in the social and economic history of the Middle Ages...
, 1987–1996, historian - Jean-Marie RouartJean-Marie RouartJean-Marie Rouart is a French novelist, essayist and journalist. He was elected to the Académie française December 18, 1997.-Bibliography:*1974 La Fuite en Pologne...
, elected 1997, novelist and essayist
Seat 27
- Abel ServienAbel ServienAbel Servien, marquis de Sablé et de Boisdauphin, comte de Roche-Servien and comte de La Roche des Aubiers was a French diplomat who served Cardinal Mazarin and signed for the French at the Treaty of Westphalia...
, 1634–1659, politician - Jean-Jacques Renouard de VillayerJean-Jacques Renouard de VillayerJean-Jacques Renouard, seigneur de Villayer was a member of the French Conseil d'État, which had been delegated special legal authorities by the absolutist reigning King Louis XIV....
, 1659–1691, politician - Bernard le Bouyer de Fontenelle, 1691–1757, playwright and philosopher
- Antoine-Louis SéguierAntoine-Louis SéguierAntoine-Louis Séguier was a French lawyer and magistrate.-Life:He became avocat du roi in 1748, avocat général to the Grand Conseil in 1751, then to the Parlement de Paris in 1755...
, 1757–1792, lawyer - Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-PierreJacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-PierreJacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre was a French writer and botanist...
, 1803–1814, essayist - Étienne AignanÉtienne AignanÉtienne Aignan was a French translator, political writer, librettist and playwright born in Beaugency, Loiret.In 1814 he was made a member of the Académie française, replacing Bernardin de Saint-Pierre in Seat 27....
, 1814–1824, journalist and playwright - Alexandre SoumetAlexandre SoumetAlexandre Soumet was a French poet.-Biography:Alexandre Soumet was born at Castelnaudary, département of Aude. His love of poetry began at a early age. He was an admirer of Klopstock and Schiller, then little known in France...
, 1824–1845, poet and playwright - Ludovic VitetLudovic VitetLudovic Vitet was a French dramatist and politician.He was born in Paris. He was educated at the École Normale. His politics were liberal, and he was a member of the society "Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera." On the triumph of liberal principles in 1830 Guizot created an office especially for Vitet,...
, 1845–1873, archaeologist - Elme-Marie Caro, 1874–1887, philosopher
- Paul-Gabriel d'Haussonville, 1888–1924, politician and lawyer
- Auguste-Armand de la ForceAuguste-Armand de la ForceAuguste Armand Ghislain Marie Joseph Nompar de Caumont de La Force , 12th Duke of La Force, was a French duke and historian...
, 1925–1961 historian - Joseph KesselJoseph KesselJoseph Kessel was a French journalist and novelist.He was born in Villa Clara, Entre Ríos, Argentina, because of the constant journeys of his father, a Lithuanian doctor of Jewish origin. Joseph Kessel lived the first years of his childhood in Orenburg, Russia, before the family moved to France...
, 1962–1979, journalist and novelist - Michel DroitMichel DroitMichel Droit was a French novelist and journalist. He was the father of the photographer Éric Droit .-Life:...
, 1980–2001, novelist - Pierre NoraPierre NoraPierre Nora is a French historian of Jewish descent. Elected to the French Academy on June 7, 2001, he is known for his work on French identity and memory. His name is associated with the study of new history...
, elected 2001, historian
Seat 28
- Jean-Louis Guez de BalzacJean-Louis Guez de BalzacJean-Louis Guez de Balzac was a French author, best known for his epistolary essays, which were widely circulated and read in his day. He was one of the founding members of Académie française.-Biography:...
, 1634–1654, essayist - Paul-Philippe Hardouin de Péréfixe, 1654–1670, ecclesiastic and historian
- François de Harlay de ChampvallonFrançois de Harlay de ChampvallonFrançois de Harlay de Champvallon was the fifth archbishop of Paris.-Early years:...
, 1671–1695, ecclesiastic - André DacierAndré DacierAndré Dacier , Latin Andreas Dacerius, was a French classical scholar and editor of texts. He began his career with an edition and commentary of Festus' De verborum significatione, and was the first to produce a "readable" text of the 20-book work.- Biography:Dacier was born at Castres in upper...
, 1695–1722, philologist and translator - Guillaume DuboisGuillaume DuboisGuillaume Dubois was a French cardinal and statesman.-Early years:Dubois, the third of the four great Cardinal-Ministers , was born in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in Limousin...
, 1722–1723, ecclesiastic and politician - Charles-Jean-François HénaultCharles-Jean-François HénaultCharles-Jean-François Hénault was a French historian.-Early years:Hénault was born in Paris. His father, a farmer-general of taxes, was a man of literary tastes, and young Hénault obtained a good education at the Jesuit college...
, 1723–1770, magistrate - Charles-Just de BeauvauCharles-Just de BeauvauCharles Juste de Beauvau , 2nd Prince of Beauvau , Marshal of France was a French scholar, nobleman and general...
, 1771–1793, politician and soldier - Philippe-Antoine Merlin de DouaiPhilippe-Antoine Merlin de DouaiPhilippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai was a French politician and lawyer.-Early years:Merlin de Douai was born at Arleux, Nord, and was called to the Flemish bar association in 1775...
, 1803–1815, politician and lawyer; removed by ordinance - Antoine-François-Claude FerrandAntoine-François-Claude FerrandAntoine François Claude, comte Ferrand , French statesman and political writer, was born in Paris, and became a member of the parlement of Paris at eighteen.-Biography:...
, 1816–1825, magistrate, poet, historian and playwright - Casimir DelavigneCasimir DelavigneJean-François Casimir Delavigne was a French poet and dramatist.-Biography:Delavigne was born at Le Havre, but was sent to Paris to be educated at the Lycée Napoleon. He read extensively...
, 1825–1843, poet and playwright - Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, 1844–1869, essayist and poet
- Jules JaninJules JaninJules Gabriel Janin was a French writer and critic.-Biography:Born in Saint-Étienne , Janin's father was a lawyer, and he was educated first at St. Étienne, and then at the lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris...
, 1870–1874, novelist and critic - John LemoinneJohn LemoinneJohn-Marguerite-Émile Lemoinne was a French journalist.-Early years:Lemoinne was born of French parents in London. He was educated first at an English school and then in France...
, 1875–1892, diplomat and journalist - Ferdinand BrunetièreFerdinand BrunetièreFerdinand Brunetière was a French writer and critic.-Early years:Brunetière was born in Toulon, Var, Provence. After school at Marseille, he studied in Paris at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. Desiring a teaching career, he entered for examination at the École Normale Supérieure, but failed, and the...
, 1893–1906, literary critic, historian of literature and essayist - Henri BarbouxHenri BarbouxLouis Henri Barboux was a prominent French financial lawyer, politician, and member of the Académie française....
, 1907–1910, lawyer - Henry RoujonHenry RoujonHenry Roujon was a French academic, essayist and novelist.Roujon was the secretary of Jules Ferry, and later director of Fine Arts in 1894...
, 1911–1914, senior bureaucrat, essayist and novelist - Louis BarthouLouis BarthouJean Louis Barthou was a French politician of the Third Republic.-Early years:He was born in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, and served as Deputy from that constituency. He was an authority on trade union history and law. Barthou was Prime Minister in 1913, and held ministerial office...
, 1918–1934, politician, magistrate, historian and historian of literature; assassinated - Claude FarrèreClaude FarrèreClaude Farrère, pseudonym of Frédéric-Charles Bargone , was a French author of novels set in such exotic locations as Istanbul, Saigon, and Nagasaki. One of his novels, Les civilisés won the Prix Goncourt for 1905. He was elected for a chair at the Académie Française on 26 March 1935...
, 1935–1957, novelist, essayist and historian - Henri TroyatHenri TroyatHenri Troyat was a Russian born French author, biographer, historian and novelist.-Biography:Troyat was born Lev Aslanovich Tarasov, in Moscow to parents of mixed heritage, including Armenian, Russian, German and Georgian...
, 1959–2007, novelist, historian of literature, historian - Jean-Christophe RufinJean-Christophe RufinJean-Christophe Rufin is a French doctor and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger and one of the founders of Médecins Sans Frontières. He was Ambassador of France in Senegal from 2007 to June 2010.-Early life:...
, elected 2008, physician and novelist
Seat 29
- Pierre BardinPierre BardinPierre Bardin , born in Rouen, was a French philosopher and mathematician and Doctor of Letters. He was one of the first members of the Académie française and the first occupant of Seat 29....
, 1634–1635, philosopher and mathematician - Nicolas BourbonNicholas Bourbon (the younger)Nicolas Bourbon was a French clergyman and neo-Latin poet. He was elected the second occupant of Académie française seat 29 in 1637....
, 1637–1644, ecclesiastic - François-Henri Salomon de VireladeFrançois-Henri Salomon de VireladeFrançois-Henri Salomon de Virelade was a French lawyer. He was elected the third occupant of Académie française seat 29 in 1644....
, 1644–1670, lawyer - Philippe QuinaultPhilippe QuinaultPhilippe Quinault , French dramatist and librettist, was born in Paris.- Biography :Quinault was educated by the liberality of François Tristan l'Hermite, the author of Marianne. Quinault's first play was produced at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in 1653, when he was only eighteen...
, 1670–1688, poet and playwright - François de CallièresFrançois de CallièresFrançois de Callières, sieur de Rochelay et de Gigny was a member of the Académie française, a diplomat and writer, a special envoy of Louis XIV who was one of three French plenipotentiaries who signed the Peace of Ryswick in 1697; his De la manière de négocier avec les souverains, 1716 François...
, 1688–1717, philologist - André-Hercule de Fleury, 1717–1743, ecclesiastic and politician
- Paul d'Albert de LuynesPaul d'Albert de LuynesPaul d'Albert de Luynes was a French prelate. He was elected the seventh occupant of Académie française seat 29 in 1743....
, 1743–1788, ecclesiastic - Jean-Pierre Claris de FlorianJean-Pierre Claris de FlorianJean-Pierre Claris de Florian was a French poet and romance writer.-Life:...
, 1788–1794, playwright, novelist and poet - Jean-François Cailhava, 1803–1813, playwright, poet and critic
- Joseph MichaudJoseph François MichaudJoseph François Michaud was a French historian and publicist.He was born at Albens, Savoie, educated at Bourg-en-Bresse, and afterwards engaged in literary work at Lyon, where the French Revolution first aroused the strong dislike of revolutionary principles which manifested itself throughout the...
, 1813–1839, journalist and historian - Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens, 1840–1867, physiologist
- Claude BernardClaude BernardClaude Bernard was a French physiologist. He was the first to define the term milieu intérieur . Historian of science I. Bernard Cohen of Harvard University called Bernard "one of the greatest of all men of science"...
, 1868–1878, doctor - Ernest RenanErnest RenanErnest Renan was a French expert of Middle East ancient languages and civilizations, philosopher and writer, devoted to his native province of Brittany...
, 1878–1892, philosopher - Paul-Armand Challemel-LacourPaul-Armand Challemel-LacourPaul-Armand Challemel-Lacour was a French statesman.-Biography:He was born in Avranches in the Manche département of northwestern France. After passing through the École Normale Supérieure he became professor of philosophy successively at Pau and at Limoges...
, 1893–1896, politician and diplomat - Gabriel HanotauxGabriel HanotauxAlbert Auguste Gabriel Hanotaux, known as Gabriel Hanotaux was a French statesman and historian.-Biography:...
, 1897–1944, politician, diplomat and historian - André SiegfriedAndré SiegfriedAndré Siegfried was a French academic, geographer and political writer best known for his commentaries on American, Canadian, and British politics....
, 1944–1959, historian and geographer - Henry de MontherlantHenry de MontherlantHenry de Montherlant or Henry Marie Joseph Frédéric Expedite Millon de Montherlant was a French essayist, novelist and one of the leading French dramatists of the twentieth century.- Works :...
, 1960–1972, playwright, novelist and essayist - Claude Lévi-StraussClaude Lévi-StraussClaude Lévi-Strauss was a French anthropologist and ethnologist, and has been called, along with James George Frazer, the "father of modern anthropology"....
, 1973–2009, anthropologist - Amin MaaloufAmin MaaloufAmin Maalouf , born 25 February 1949 in Beirut, is a Lebanese-born French author. Although his native language is Arabic, he writes in French, and his works have been translated into many languages. He received the Prix Goncourt in 1993 for his novel The Rock of Tanios...
, elected 2011, novellist
Seat 30
- Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan, 1634–1670, poet
- François-Séraphin Régnier-DesmaraisFrançois-Séraphin Régnier-DesmaraisFrançois-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais was a French ecclesiastic, grammarian, diplomat and poet in French, Spanish and Latin. He also translated Alphonsus Rodriguez's The Practice of Christian Perfection and several works by Anacreon, Homer and Cicero....
, 1670–1713, ecclesiastic and grammarian - Bernard de La MonnoyeBernard de la MonnoyeBernard de La Monnoye was a French lawyer, poet, philologue and critic, known chiefly by his carols Christmas in Bourgogne.-Biography:...
, 1713–1728, philologist and critic - Michel Poncet de La RivièreMichel Poncet de La RivièreMichel Poncet de La Rivière was a French ecclesiastic, preacher and bishop of Angers....
, 1728–1730, ecclesiastic - Jacques HardionJacques HardionJacques Hardion was a French historian, scholar and translator from ancient Greek.After studying at Tours, he earned a place as tutor to Nicolas-François Dupré de Saint-Maur. He was elected member of the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres in 1728 and the Académie française in 1730...
. 1730–1766, historian - Antoine-Léonard Thomas, 1766–1785, poet
- Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte de Guibert, 1785–1790, playwright
- Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, 1803- excluded by ordinance 1816, politician; died 1824
- Louis-Gabriel, vicomte de Bonald, 1816–1840, philosopher and publicist
- Jacques-François AncelotJacques-François AncelotJacques-Arsène-Polycarpe-François Ancelot was a French dramatist and litterateur.-Biography:Born in Le Havre, Ancelot became a clerk in the admiralty, and retained his position until the Revolution of 1830. In 1816 his play Warwick was accepted by the Théâtre Français, but never produced, and...
, 1841–1854, poet, novelist and playwright - Ernest LegouvéErnest LegouvéGabriel Jean Baptiste Ernest Wilfrid Legouvé was a French dramatist.-Biography:Son of the poet Gabriel-Marie Legouvé , he was born in Paris. His mother died in 1810, and almost immediately afterwards his father was removed to a lunatic asylum. The child, however, inherited a considerable fortune,...
, 1855–1903, poet, novelist, playwright and essayist - René BazinRené BazinRené François Nicolas Marie Bazin was a French novelist.Born at Angers, he studied law in Paris, and on his return to Angers became Professor of Law in the Catholic university...
, 1903–1932, novelist and essayist - Théodore GosselinThéodore GosselinLouis Léon Théodore Gosselin was a French historian and playwright who wrote under the pen name G. Lenotre. He wrote articles in publications such as Le Figaro, Revue des deux mondes, Le Monde illustré and Le Temps...
, 1932–1935, historian who wrote under the pen name of G. Lenotre - Georges DuhamelGeorges DuhamelGeorges Duhamel , was a French author, born in Paris. Duhamel trained as a doctor, and during World War I was attached to the French Army. In 1920, he published Confession de minuit , the first of a series featuring the anti-hero Salavin...
, 1935–1966, doctor, essayist, novelist, poet and playwright - Maurice DruonMaurice DruonMaurice Druon was a French novelist and a member of the Académie française.Born in Paris, France, Druon was the nephew of the writer Joseph Kessel, with whom he translated the Chant des Partisans, a French Resistance anthem of World War II, with music and words originally by Anna Marly.In 1948...
, 1966–2009, politician and novelist - Danièle SallenaveDanièle SallenaveDanièle Sallenave is a French novellist and journalist. In April 2011, she became a member of the Académie française.She won the Prix Renaudot in 1980 for her novel Les Portes de Gubbio....
, elected 2011, novellist and journalist
Seat 31
- Pierre de BoissatPierre de BoissatPierre de Boissat was a soldier, writer, poet and translator.Knight and Count Palatine, Boissat began his career in the military. He was one of the first members of the Académie française, and first to occupy the Academy's seat 31 in 1634...
, 1634–1662, soldier - Antoine FuretièreAntoine FuretièreAntoine Furetière , French scholar and writer, was born in Paris.-Biography:He studied law and practised for a time as an advocate, but eventually took orders and after various promotions became abbé of Chalivoy in the diocese of Bourges in 1662...
, 1662–1685, poet, fabulist and novelist; excluded but not replaced, died in 1688 - Jean de La ChapelleJean de La ChapelleJean de La Chapelle was a French writer and dramatist.Chapelle was born at Bourges, France. He was elected to the Académie Française in 1688...
, 1688–1723, poet - Pierre-Joseph Thoulier d'OlivetPierre-Joseph Thoulier d'OlivetPierre-Joseph Thoulier d'Olivet, Abbot of Olivet was a French abbot, writer, grammarian and translator. He was elected the fourth occupant of Académie française seat 31....
, 1723–1768, ecclesiastic and grammarian - Étienne Bonnot de CondillacÉtienne Bonnot de CondillacÉtienne Bonnot de Condillac was a French philosopher and epistemologist who studied in such areas as psychology and the philosophy of the mind.-Biography:...
, 1768–1780, ecclesiastic and philosopher - Louis-Élisabeth de La Vergne de TressanLouis-Élisabeth de La Vergne de TressanLouis-Élisabeth de la Vergne, comte de Tressan was a French soldier, physician, scientist, medievalist and writer, best known for his adaptations of "romans chevaleresques" of the Middle Ages, which contributed to the rise of the Troubadour style in the French arts.- Biography :Aged...
, 1780–1783, poet and physicist - Jean-Sylvain Bailly, 1783–1793, mathematician; guillotined
- Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès, 1803–1816, ecclesiastic, essayist and diplomat; excluded by ordinance, died 1836
- Trophime-Gérard de Lally-Tollendal, 1816–1830, politician
- Jean-Baptiste Sanson de PongervilleJean-Baptiste Sanson de PongervilleJean-Baptiste Sanson de Pongerville was a French a man of letters and poet. He was elected the tenth occupant of Académie française seat 31 in 1830....
, 1830–1870, poet - Xavier MarmierXavier MarmierXavier Marmier was a French author born in Pontarlier, in Doubs. He had a passion for travelling, and this he combined throughout his life with the production of literature...
, 1870–1892, novelist and poet - Henri de BornierHenri de BornierHenri, vicomte de Bornier was a French poet and dramatist, born in Lunel .He came to Paris in 1845 with the object of studying law, but in that year he published a volume of verse, Les Premieres Feuilles, and the Comédie-Française accepted a play of his entitled Le Manage de Luther.He was given a...
, 1893–1901, playwright and poet - Edmond RostandEdmond RostandEdmond Eugène Alexis Rostand was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism, and is best known for his play Cyrano de Bergerac. Rostand's romantic plays provided an alternative to the naturalistic theatre popular during the late nineteenth century...
, 1901–1918, playwright and poet - Joseph BédierJoseph BédierJoseph Bédier was a French writer and scholar and historian of medieval France.-Biography:Bédier was born in Paris, France to Adolphe Bédier, a lawyer of Breton origin, and spent his childhood in Réunion. He was a professor of medieval French literature at the Université de Fribourg, Switzerland ...
, 1920–1938, philologist - Jérôme TharaudJérôme TharaudJérôme Tharaud was a French writer. He was elected the fifteenth occupant of Académie française seat 31 in 1938.-References:...
, 1938–1953, novelist - Jean CocteauJean CocteauJean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María...
, 1955–1963, playwright, poet, choreographer, filmmaker and painter - Jacques RueffJacques RueffJacques Rueff was a French economist and adviser to the French Government.An influential French conservative and free market thinker, Rueff was born the son of a well known Parisian physician and studied economics and mathematics at the École Polytechnique...
, 1964–1978, economist and high bureaucrat - Jean DutourdJean DutourdJean Gwenaël Dutourd was a French novelist. His mother died when he was seven years old. At the age of twenty, he was taken prisoner fifteen days after Germany's invasion of France in World War II...
, 1978–2011, novelist
Seat 32
- Claude Favre de VaugelasClaude Favre de VaugelasClaude Favre de Vaugelas was a French grammarian and man of letters. Although a life-long courtier, Claude Favre was widely known by the name of one of the landed estates he owned as seigneur of Vaugelas and baron of Peroges.Born at Meximieux, in the Ain département of France, he became...
, 1634–1650, grammarian - Georges de ScudéryGeorges de ScudéryGeorges de Scudéry , the elder brother of Madeleine de Scudéry, was a French novelist, dramatist and poet.Georges de Scudéry was born in Le Havre, in Normandy, whither his father had moved from Provence...
, 1650–1667, novelist, playwright and poet - Philippe de DangeauPhilippe de DangeauPhilippe de Courcillon, Marquis de Dangeau was a French officer and author.Born in Dangeau, he is most remembered for keeping a diary from 1684 till the year of his death...
, 1667–1720, soldier, governor and diplomat - Louis-François-Armand du Plessis de Richelieu, 1720–1788, soldier, libertine and politician
- François-Henri d'HarcourtFrançois-Henri d'HarcourtFrançois-Henri d'Harcourt was a French general....
, 1788–1802, soldier - Lucien BonaparteLucien BonaparteLucien Bonaparte, Prince Français, 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano , born Luciano Buonaparte, was the third surviving son of Carlo Buonaparte and his wife Letizia Ramolino....
, 1803–1816, politician. Excluded by ordinance. - Louis-Simon AugerLouis-Simon AugerLouis-Simon Auger was a French journalist, literary critic and playwright.*...
, 1816–1829, journalist and playwright - Charles-Guillaume ÉtienneCharles-Guillaume ÉtienneCharles-Guillaume Étienne was a French dramatist and miscellaneous writer.He was born in Chamouilley, Haute Marne. He held various municipal offices under the Revolution and came in 1796 to Paris, where he produced his first opera, Le Rêve, in 1799, in collaboration with Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick...
, 1829–1845 (see also seat 25), poet and playwright - Alfred de VignyAlfred de VignyAlfred Victor de Vigny was a French poet, playwright, and novelist.-Life:Alfred de Vigny was born in Loches into an aristocratic family...
, 1845–1863, poet - Camille DoucetCamille DoucetCamille Doucet was a French poet and playwright.-External links:* at Internet Archive...
, 1865–1895, poet and playwright - Charles Costa de BeauregardCharles Costa de BeauregardCharles-Albert Costa de Beauregard was a French historian and politician. He also fought in the Franco-Prussian War. His works include a trilogy on Charles Albert of Sardinia....
, 1896–1909, historian and politician - Hippolyte LangloisHippolyte LangloisHippolyte Langlois was a French general noted for his writings on military science.-Biography:He was born at Besançon, Doubs, and, after passing through the École polytechnique, was appointed to the artillery as sub-lieutenant in 1858, attaining the rank of captain in 1866. He served in the army...
, 1911–1912, soldier - Émile BoutrouxEmile BoutrouxÉtienne Émile Marie Boutroux was an eminent 19th century French philosopher of science and religion, and an historian of philosophy. He was a firm opponent of materialism in science. He was a spiritual philosopher who defended the idea that religion and science are compatible at a time when the...
, 1912–1921, philosopher and historian of philosophy - Pierre de NolhacPierre de NolhacPierre Girault de Nolhac , known as Pierre de Nolhac, was a French historian, art historian and poet.- Life :...
, 1922–1936, historian, art historian and poet - Georges Grente, 1936–1959, ecclesiastic, historian and essayist
- Henri MassisHenri MassisHenri Massis was a French essayist, literary critic and literary historian.- Works :* Comment Émile Zola composait ses romans, 1905. * Le Puits de Pyrrhon, 1907.* La Pensée de Maurice Barrès, 1909...
, 1960–1970, essayist, literary critic and literary historian - Georges IzardGeorges IzardGeorges Izard was a French politician, lawyer, journalist and essayist.-Life:He was named chief of staff to Charles Daniélou, then the minister of the merchant marine, whose daughter he married in 1929...
, 1971–1973, politician, lawyer, journalist and essayist - Robert AronRobert AronRobert Aron was a French writer who authored a number of works on politics and history.-Early life:...
, 1974–1975, historian and essayist - Maurice RheimsMaurice RheimsMaurice Rheims was a French 'commissaire-priseur', art historian and novelist.-Partial bibliography:...
, 1976–2003, novelist and art historian - Alain Robbe-GrilletAlain Robbe-GrilletAlain Robbe-Grillet , was a French writer and filmmaker. He was, along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simon, one of the figures most associated with the Nouveau Roman trend. Alain Robbe-Grillet was elected a member of the Académie française on March 25, 2004, succeeding Maurice...
, 2004–2008, novelist and filmmaker - François WeyergansFrançois WeyergansFrançois Weyergans is a Belgian writer and director. His father, Franz Weyergans, was a Belgian and also a writer, while his mother was from Avignon in France...
, elected 2009, novelist and filmmaker
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- Vincent VoitureVincent VoitureVincent Voiture , French poet, was the son of a rich merchant of Amiens. He was introduced by a schoolfellow, the count Claude d'Avaux, to Gaston, Duke of Orléans, and accompanied him to Brussels and Lorraine on diplomatic missions.Although a follower of Gaston, he won the favour of Cardinal...
, 1634–1648, poet - François-Eudes de MézerayFrançois-Eudes de MézerayFrançois Eudes de Mézeray was a French historian.He was born at Rye near Argentan, where his father was a surgeon.He had two brothers, one of whom, Jean-Eudes, was the founder of the order of the Eudists. François studied at the University of Caen, and completed his education at the College of Ste...
, 1648–1683, lawyer - Jean Barbier d'AucourJean Barbier d'AucourJean Barbier d'Aucour was a French lawyer to the parliament of Paris, ardent Jansenist and satirist...
, 1683–1694, lawyer - François de Clermont-TonnerreFrançois de Clermont-TonnerreFrançois de Clermont-Tonnerre, comte de Noyon was a French bishop of Noyon. He was a Pair de France, counsilor of state and became president of the assembly of the clergy in 1685...
, 1694–1701, ecclesiastic - Nicolas de MalézieuNicolas de MalézieuNicolas de Malézieu was a French writer, hellenist and mathematician.-External links:**Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle :...
, 1701–1727, tutor and poet - Jean BouhierJean Bouhier (jurist)Jean Bouhier was a French magistrate, jurisconsultus, historian, translator, bibliophile and scholar...
, 1727–1746, magistrate and archaeologist - François-Marie Arouet dit VoltaireVoltaireFrançois-Marie Arouet , better known by the pen name Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, free trade and separation of church and state...
, 1746–1778, playwright, historian, philosopher and poet - Jean-François DucisJean-François DucisJean-François Ducis was a French dramatist and adapter of Shakespeare.-Biography:Ducis was born at Versailles....
, 1778–1816, poet and playwright - Raymond de Sèze, 1816–1828, lawyer
- Prosper Brugière, baron de Barante, 1828–1866, politician
- Joseph Gratry, 1867–1872, ecclesiastic and philosopher
- René TaillandierSaint-René TaillandierSaint-René Taillandier was a French writer and critic.He was born René Gaspard Ernest Taillandier, in Paris. He completed his studies in Heidelberg, and then became professor of literature successively in Strasbourg, Montpellier and at the Sorbonne, where he was nominated to the chair of French...
, 1873–1879, politician - Maxime Du CampMaxime Du CampMaxime Du Camp was a French writer and photographer.-Life:Born in Paris, Du Camp was the son of a successful surgeon. After finishing college, he indulged in his strong desire for travel, thanks to his father's assets...
, 1880–1894, essayist and novelist - Paul BourgetPaul BourgetPaul Charles Joseph Bourget , was a French novelist and critic.-Biography:He was born in Amiens in the Somme département of Picardie, France. His father, a professor of mathematics, was later appointed to a post in the college at Clermont-Ferrand, where Bourget received his early education...
, 1894–1935, novelist, poet and playwright - Edmond JalouxEdmond JalouxEdmond Jaloux was a French novelist, essayist, and critic. His works tended to be set in Paris or his native Provence. He was interested in German Romanticism and English writers. In 1936 he joined the Académie française...
, 1936–1949, novelist, literary critic and literary historian - Jean-Louis VaudoyerJean-Louis VaudoyerJean-Louis Vaudoyer was a French novelist, poet, essayist and art historian. He was also administrator general of the Comédie-Française from 1941 to 1944.- External links :*...
, 1950–1963, novelist, poet, essayist and art historian - Marcel BrionMarcel BrionMarcel Brion was a French essayist, literary critic, novelist, and historian. -Biography:The son of a lawyer, Brion was classmates in Thiers with Marcel Pagnol and Albert Cohen. After completing his secondary education in Champittet, Switzerland, he studied law at the University of Aix-en-Provence...
, 1964–1984, novelist, art historian and essayist - Michel MohrtMichel MohrtMichel Mohrt was an editor, essayist, novelist and historian of French literature.Mohrt was born in Morlaix, Finistère. He was elected to the Académie française on 18 April 1985...
, 1985–2011, editor, essayist, novelist and literary historian
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- Honorat de Porchères LaugierHonorat de Porchères LaugierHonorat de Porchères Laugier was a French poet. He is most notable for his sonnet on the beautiful eyes of Gabrielle d'Estrées and for being a founder member of the Académie française.-External links:*...
, 1634–1653, poet - Paul PellissonPaul Pellissonthumb|Paul Pellisson,Paul Pellisson was a French author.He was born in Béziers, of a distinguished Calvinist family. He studied law at Toulouse, and practised at the bar of Castres. Going to Paris with letters of introduction to Valentin Conrart, a fellow Calvinist, he was introduced to the...
, 1653–1693, historian - François de Salignac de La Mothe FénelonFrançois FénelonFrançois de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, more commonly known as François Fénelon , was a French Roman Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer...
, 1693–1715, ecclesiastic and essayist - Claude Gros de BozeClaude Gros de BozeClaude Gros de Boze was a French scholar and numismatist.- Life :Studying in Lyon and Paris, and settling in the latter around 1700, he gained the support of Nicolas-Joseph Foucault and thus became a pensionary of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres...
, 1715–1753, erudite and numismatist - Louis de Bourbon Condé de Clermont, 1753–1771, ecclesiastic
- Pierre-Laurent Buirette de BelloyPierre-Laurent Buirette de BelloyPierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy or Dormont De Belloy was a French dramatist and actor....
, 1771–1775, playwright and actor - Emmanuel-Félicité de Durfort de DurasEmmanuel-Félicité de Durfort de DurasEmmanuel-Félicité de Durfort, duc de Duras was a French politician, diplomat, peer, marshal and Freemason .-Life:...
, 1775–1789, politician and soldier - Dominique-Joseph Garat, 1803–1816, politician, lawyer and philosopher. Excluded by ordinance, he refused readmission in 1829, died 1833
- Louis-François de BaussetLouis-François de BaussetLouis-François de Bausset was a French cardinal, writer and member of the Académie Française.He was born in Pondichéry, and died in Paris.-External links:* *...
, 1816–1824, ecclesiastic and politician - Hyacinthe-Louis de QuélenHyacinthe-Louis De QuelenHyacinthe-Louis De Quelen was Archbishop of Paris.-Biography:Born in Paris, he was educated at the College of Navarre. Ordained in 1807, he served a year as Vicar-General of Saint-Brieuc and then became secretary to Cardinal Fesch. When the latter was sent back to his diocese, de Quelen exercised...
, 1824–1839, ecclesiastic - Louis-Mathieu Molé, 1840–1855, politician
- Frédéric-Alfred de Falloux, 1856–1886, politician and historian
- Octave GréardOctave GréardOctave Gréard was a noted French educator.Gréard was born in Vire, Calvados, educated at the École Normale Supérieure, and had a long career in education...
, 1886–1904, high bureaucrat, literary historian and literary critic - Émile GebhartÉmile GebhartÉmile Gebhart was a French academic and writer, He was elected to the Académie française in 1905.He was attacked by Radicals for his religious and patriotic ideals....
, 1904–1908, art historian, literary historian and literary critic - Raymond PoincaréRaymond PoincaréRaymond Poincaré was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France on five separate occasions and as President of France from 1913 to 1920. Poincaré was a conservative leader primarily committed to political and social stability...
, 1909–1934, head of state, politician, lawyer and essayist - Jacques BainvilleJacques BainvilleJacques Bainville was a French historian and journalist. A staunch monarchist, he was a leading figure in Action Française...
, 1935–1936, historian and journalist - Joseph de PesquidouxJoseph de PesquidouxJoseph Dubosc, count of Pesquidoux , known as Joseph de Pesquidoux, was a French writer. In 1927 he won the Grand prix de littérature de l’Académie française, of which he was elected a member in 1936...
, 1936–1946, novelist and essayist - Maurice GenevoixMaurice GenevoixMaurice Genevoix was a French author.Born on 29 November 1890 at Decize, Nièvre as Maurice-Charles-Louis-Genevoix, Genevoix spent his childhood in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire. After attending the local school, he studied at the lycée of Orléans and the Lycée Lakanal...
, 1946–1980, novelist - Jacques de Bourbon BussetJacques de Bourbon BussetJacques de Bourbon Busset, Count of Busset was a French novelist, essayist and politician. He was elected to the Académie française on June 4, 1981.-Bibliography:...
, 1981–2001, politician, essayist and novelist - François ChengFrançois ChengFrançois Cheng is a French academician, writer, poet and calligrapher...
, elected 2002, poet, translator and novelist
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- Henri-Louis Habert de Montmort, 1634–1679, hotel-keeper
- Louis Irland de Lavau, 1679–1694, ecclesiastic
- Jean-François-Paul Lefèvre Caumartin, 1694–1733, ecclesiastic
- François-Augustin Paradis de Moncrif, 1733–1770, poet, musician and playwright
- Jean-Armand de Roquelaure, 1771–1818, ecclesiastic
- Georges CuvierGeorges CuvierGeorges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist...
, 1818–1832, palaeontologist - André Dupin, 1832–1865, politician and lawyer
- Alfred-Auguste Cuvillier-FleuryAlfred-Auguste Cuvillier-FleuryAlfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury was a French historian and literary critic.-Life:Préfet des études at the collège Sainte-Barbe in Paris and preceptor of Henri d'Orléans, duc d’Aumale, from 1827 to 1839, he then became Henri's special secretary. He contributed to the Journal des Débats...
, 1866–1887, historian and literary critic - Jules Claretie, 1888–1913, novelist, playwright and critic
- Joseph JoffreJoseph JoffreJoseph Jacques Césaire Joffre OM was a French general during World War I. He is most known for regrouping the retreating allied armies to defeat the Germans at the strategically decisive First Battle of the Marne in 1914. His popularity led to his nickname Papa Joffre.-Biography:Joffre was born in...
, 1918–1931, politician and soldier - Maxime WeygandMaxime WeygandMaxime Weygand was a French military commander in World War I and World War II.Weygand initially fought against the Germans during the invasion of France in 1940, but then surrendered to and collaborated with the Germans as part of the Vichy France regime.-Early years:Weygand was born in Brussels...
, 1931–1965, soldier - Louis Leprince-RinguetLouis Leprince-RinguetLouis Leprince-Ringuet was a French physicist, telecommunications engineer, essayist and historian of science....
, 1966–2000, physicist, telecommunications engineer, historian of science and essayist - Yves PouliquenYves PouliquenYves Pouliquen was born 17 February 1931 in Mortain, France. A doctor by profession, his work has been dedicated to the pathology of the cornea. In 1994 he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca and on 29 November 2001 he was elected to the Académie française...
, elected 2001, medical doctor
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- Marin Cureau de La ChambreMarin Cureau de la ChambreMarin Cureau de la Chambre was a French physician and philosopher who was born in Saint-Jean-d'Assé, a village near Le Mans. Details of his youth and where he attended school are unknown. He was initially a physician in Le Mans, and around 1630 moved to Paris, where he became a friend and...
, 1634–1669, medical doctor and philosopher - Pierre Cureau de La ChambrePierre Cureau de La ChambrePierre Cureau de la Chambre was a French churchman.-Life:Son of the doctor Marin Cureau de La Chambre, he was struck down with deafness and had to abandon his medical studies. He travelled to Italy and became friends with the sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini and the art historian Carlo Cesare Malvasia...
, 1670–1693, ecclesiastic - Jean de La BruyèreJean de La BruyèreJean de La Bruyère was a French essayist and moralist.-Ancestry:He was born in Paris, not, as was once thought, at Dourdan in 1645...
, 1693–1696, essayist and moralist - Claude FleuryClaude FleuryClaude Fleury , was a French ecclesiastical historian.Destined for the bar, he was educated at the aristocratic College of Clermont . In 1658 he was nominated an advocate to the parlement of Paris, and for nine years followed the legal profession...
, 1696–1723, ecclesiastic - Jacques AdamJacques AdamJacques Adam was a French clergyman and translator.-Life:Adam was born at Vendôme, where he was a gifted pupil of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, he was sent to Paris where, at the age of 14, he assisted Claude Fleury in his research and participated in the production of his classic Histoire...
, 1723–1735, philologist - Joseph SéguyJoseph Séguy-Life:A royal preacher, he wrote Panégyriques de saints, Sermons pour les principaux jours du carême, and a Nouvel essai de poésies sacrées, in which he made a French verse translation of Psalms and the songs of the Bible. He was elected to the Académie française in 1736.-External links:*...
, 1736–1761, ecclesiastic - Louis René Édouard, cardinal de RohanLouis René Édouard, cardinal de RohanLouis René Édouard de Rohan known as the Cardinal de Rohan , prince de Rohan-Guéméné, was a French bishop of Strasbourg , politician, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and cadet of the Rohan family...
, 1761–1793, ecclesiastic, politician, philosopher and poet - Jean DevainesJean DevainesJean Devaines was a French state bureaucrat and journalist. He was a relation of Eusèbe de Salverte and a friend of Julie de Lespinasse.-External links:*...
, 1803, state bureaucrat - Évariste de Forges de ParnyÉvariste de Forges de ParnyÉvariste Desiré de Forges, vicomte de Parny in Paris) was a French poet.- Biography :...
, 1803–1814, poet - Victor-Joseph-Étienne de Jouy, 1815–1846, journalist, critic and playwright
- Adolphe-Joseph Simonis Empis, 1847–1868, poet and playwright
- Auguste Barbier, 1869–1882, poet
- Adolphe PerraudAdolphe PerraudAdolphe Perraud was a French Cardinal and academician.-Life and works:Perraud was born at Lyon, France. A brilliant student at the lycées Henri IV and St Louis, he entered the École Normale, where he was strongly influenced by Joseph Gratry. In 1850 he secured the fellowship of history and for...
, 1882–1906, ecclesiastic - François-Désiré MathieuFrançois-Désiré MathieuFrançois-Désiré Mathieu was a French Bishop and Cardinal.He made his studies in the diocesan school and the seminary of the Diocese of Nancy, and was ordained priest in 1863...
, 1906–1908, ecclesiastic and historian - Louis DuchesneLouis DuchesneLouis Marie Olivier Duchesne was a French priest, philologist, teacher and a critical historian of Christianity and Roman Catholic liturgy and institutions....
, 1910–1922, ecclesiastic, historian and philologist - Henri BrémondHenri BrémondHenri Bremond was a French literary scholar, sometime Jesuit, and Catholic philosopher, one of the theological modernists.-Biography:...
, 1923–1933, ecclesiastic, literary historian and literary critic - André BellessortAndré BellessortAndré Bellessort was a French writer.-Biography:Bellessort was a not only a poet and essayist but also a traveller who went to Chile, Bolivia and Japan....
, 1935–1942, essayist, literary critic, historian and historian of literature - René GroussetRené GroussetRené Grousset was a French historian, curator of both the Cernuschi and Guimet Museums in Paris, and a member of the prestigious Académie française...
, 1946–1952, art historian - Pierre GaxottePierre Gaxotte-Biography:Gaxotte was born in Revigny-sur-Ornain, Meuse. He began his career as a history teacher at the Lycée Charlemagne and later worked as a columnist for Le Figaro...
, 1953–1982, historian and journalist - Jacques SoustelleJacques SoustelleJacques Soustelle was an important and early figure of the Free French Forces and an anthropologist specializing in pre-Columbian civilizations. He became vice-director of the Musée de l'Homme in Paris in 1938. He was elected to the Académie française in 1983.- Biography :Jacques Soustelle was...
, 1983–1990, Americanist, ethnologist, politician and essayist - Jean-François DeniauJean-François DeniauJean-François Deniau was a French statesman, diplomat, essayist and novelist. He was until 1998 a member of the UDF .-Minister and diplomat:...
, 1990–2007, politician, essayist and novelist - Philippe BeaussantPhilippe BeaussantPhilippe Beaussant is a French musicologist and novelist, an expert on French baroque music, on which he has published widely. He is the founder of the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, of which he was the artistic adviser of 1987 to 1996. He has also been a producer of musical programs for...
, elected 2007, musicologist and novelist
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- Daniel Hay du Chastelet de ChambonDaniel Hay du Chastelet de ChambonDaniel Hay du Chastelet was a French clergyman and mathematician. His brother Paul Hay du Chastelet was also a writer....
, 1635–1671, ecclesiastic and mathematician - Jacques-Bénigne BossuetJacques-Bénigne BossuetJacques-Bénigne Bossuet was a French bishop and theologian, renowned for his sermons and other addresses. He has been considered by many to be one of the most brilliant orators of all time and a masterly French stylist....
, 1671–1704, ecclesiastic and historian - Melchior de PolignacMelchior de PolignacMelchior de Polignac was a French diplomat, Roman Catholic cardinal and neo-Latin poet.A younger son of Armand XVI, marquis de Polignac, he was born at Lavoûte-sur-Loire, Haute-Loire, Auvergne. At an early age he achieved distinction as a diplomat...
, 1704–1741, ecclesiastic, politician, philologist and poet - Odet-Joseph GiryOdet-Joseph GiryJoseph Giry de Saint Cyr, also known as Odet-Joseph de Vaux de Giry was a French clergyman. His name remains associated with the "cacouacs", a mocking term for the Encyclopédistes....
, 1741–1761, ecclesiastic - Charles BatteuxCharles BatteuxCharles Batteux was a French philosopher and writer on aesthetics.Batteux was born in Alland'Huy-et-Sausseuil, Ardennes, and studied theology at Reims. In 1739 he came to Paris, and after teaching in the colleges of Lisieux and Navarre, was appointed to the chair of Greek and Roman philosophy in...
, 1761–1780, ecclesiastic - Antoine-Marin LemierreAntoine-Marin LemierreAntoine-Marin Lemierre was a French dramatist and poet.He was born in Paris, into a poor family, butfound a patron in the collector-general of taxes, Dupin, whose secretary he became. Lemierre gained his first success on the stage with Hypermnestre ; Titre and Idomne failed on account of the...
, 1780–1793, poet and playwright - Félix-Julien-Jean Bigot de PréameneuFélix-Julien-Jean Bigot de PréameneuFélix Julien Jean Bigot de Préameneu was born in Rennes on March 26, 1747.He is elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1791 but he has to hide himself during the terror....
, 1803–1825, politician and lawyer - Mathieu de MontmorencyMathieu de MontmorencyMathieu Jean Felicité de Montmorency, duc de Montmorency-Laval was a prominent French statesman during the French Revolution and Bourbon Restoration.-Early life:...
, 1825–1826, politician and diplomat - Alexandre GuiraudAlexandre GuiraudPierre Marie Jeanne Alexandre Thérèse Guiraud better known as Alexandre Guiraud was a French poet, dramatic author and novelist.-Biography:...
, 1826–1847, playwright, poet and novelist - Jean-Jacques AmpèreJean-Jacques AmpèreJean-Jacques Ampère was a French philologist and man of letters.Born in Lyon, he was the only son of the physicist André-Marie Ampère. Jean-Jacques' mother died while he was an infant....
, 1847–1864, historian of literature - Lucien-Anatole Prévost-ParadolLucien-Anatole Prévost-ParadolLucien-Anatole Prévost-Paradol was a French journalist and essayist.Prevost-Paradol was born in Paris, France, the son of an irregular liaison between the opera singer Lucinde Paradol and the writer Léon Halévy...
, 1865–1870, literary critic - Camille RoussetCamille RoussetCamille Félix Michel Rousset was a French historian. He taught at Grenoble before becoming a historian to the Ministry of War...
, 1871–1892, historian - Paul Thureau-DanginPaul Thureau-DanginPaul Thureau-Dangin , member of the French Academy , was a historian of the reign of Louis-Philippe and also of the revival of Catholic thought in nineteenth century Britain.Thureau-Dangin reconciled his liberal Catholic position with support for republican...
, 1893–1913, historian - Pierre de La GorcePierre de La GorcePierre de La Gorce was a French magistrate, lawyer and historian, as well as a member of the Académie française....
, 1914–1934, historian, magistrate and lawyer - Maurice de Broglie, 1934–1960, sailor and physicist
- Eugène Tisserant, 1961–1972, ecclesiastic and philologist
- Jean Daniélou, 1972–1974, ecclesiastic, theologian, historian and essayist
- Robert-Ambroise-Marie CarréRobert-Ambroise-Marie CarréAmbroise-Marie Carré OP was a Catholic priest, author and member of the French Academy. Born in Fleury-les-Aubrais in Loiret, France, Carré studied at l’école Saint-Joseph and the collège Sainte-Croix de Neuilly before entering the Dominican order in 1926 and being ordained a priest in 1933...
, 1975–2004, ecclesiastic - René GirardRené GirardRené Girard is a French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science. His work belongs to the tradition of anthropological philosophy...
, elected 2005, philosopher
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- Auger de Moléon de GranierAuger de Moléon de GranierAuger de Moléon Granier was a French writer. Little is known of his life , but he is notable for being the first member of the Académie française ever to be expelled, for theft, only 6 months after his election to it in September 1635.-Works:He published unedited manuscripts, including Les...
, 1635–1636, possibly an ecclesiastic; expelled for theft; died 1650 - Balthazar BaroBalthazar BaroBalthazar Baro was a French poet, playwright and romance-writer.-Life:The son of a professor at the university of Valence, Baro studied at Tournon-sur-Rhône then at Valence, where he gained his law doctorate in 1615....
, 1636–1650, playwright and poet - Jean DoujatJean DoujatJean Doujat was a French lawyer, juris consultus, professor of canon law at the Collège royal, docteur-régent at the faculté de droit de Paris, preceptor of the Dauphin and historian. His works include histories of the reign of Louis XIV....
, 1650–1688, lawyer - Eusèbe RenaudotEusèbe RenaudotEusèbe Renaudot was a French theologian and Orientalist.-Life:Born in Paris, he was brought up and educated for a career in the church; but after being educated by the Jesuits, and joining the Oratorians in 1666, he was in poor health, left his order, and never took more than minor orders...
, 1688–1720, ecclesiastic - Henri-Emmanuel de RoquetteHenri-Emmanuel de Roquette-Life:A doctor at the Sorbonne and a preacher, he became abbot of the abbey of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys in 1681 and attended the Paris salon of the marquise de Lambert. In 1702 he spoke the funeral oration for James II of England and he served as secretary to the 1705 general assembly of the French...
, 1720–1725, ecclesiastic - Pierre de Pardaillan d'Antin, 1725–1733, ecclesiastic
- Nicolas-François Dupré de Saint-MaurNicolas-François Dupré de Saint-MaurNicolas-François Dupré de Saint-Maur was a French economist and statistician.-Life:From a family of jurists and financial figures, he was the son of a correcteur in the Chambre des comptes and cousin of Jean-Baptiste-Henri de Valincour...
, 1733–1774, economist and statistician - Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de MalesherbesGuillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de MalesherbesGuillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes , often referred to as Malesherbes or Lamoignon-Malesherbes, was a French statesman, minister, and afterwards counsel for the defence of Louis XVI.-Biography:...
, 1775–1794, politician and magistrate; guillotined - François AndrieuxFrançois AndrieuxFrançois Guillaume Jean Stanislaus Andrieux was a French man of letters and playwright.Born and educated at Strasbourg, Andrieux proceeded to Paris to study law. There he became a close friend of Collin d'Harleville...
, 1803–1833, lawyer, poet and playwright - Adolphe ThiersAdolphe ThiersMarie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers was a French politician and historian. was a prime minister under King Louis-Philippe of France. Following the overthrow of the Second Empire he again came to prominence as the French leader who suppressed the revolutionary Paris Commune of 1871...
, 1833–1877, politician and historian - Henri Martin, 1878–1883, historian
- Ferdinand de LessepsFerdinand de LessepsFerdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, GCSI was the French developer of the Suez Canal, which joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas in 1869, and substantially reduced sailing distances and times between the West and the East.He attempted to repeat this success with an effort to build a sea-level...
, 1884–1894, diplomat - Anatole FranceAnatole FranceAnatole France , born François-Anatole Thibault, , was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Paris, and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters...
, 1896–1924, novelist and poet - Paul ValéryPaul ValéryAmbroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. His interests were sufficiently broad that he can be classified as a polymath...
, 1925–1945, poet, literary critic and essayist - Henri MondorHenri MondorHenri Mondor was a French physician, surgeon, and a historian of French literature and medicine....
, 1946–1962, surgeon, physician, historian of literature and of science - Louis ArmandLouis ArmandFor the writer and critical theorist, see Louis Armand Louis Armand was a French engineer who managed several public companies and had a significant role during World War II as an officer in the Resistance...
, 1963–1971, mining engineer, bureaucrat and economist - Jean-Jacques GautierJean-Jacques GautierJean-Jacques Gautier was French theatre critic, novelist and essayist. A Norman via his father and a champenois via his mother, he was elected a member of the Académie française in 1972.-Works:*1946 : Histoire d'un fait divers, Prix Goncourt- External links :*...
, 1972–1986, drama critic, novelist, journalist and essayist - Jean-Louis CurtisJean-Louis CurtisJean-Louis Curtis , pseudonym of Louis Laffitte, was a French novelist best known for his second novel The Forests of the Night , which won France's highest literary award the Prix Goncourt in 1947. He has authored over 30 novels.Curtis was born in Orthez, Pyrénées-Atlantiques...
, 1986–1995, novelist and essayist - François JacobFrançois JacobFrançois Jacob is a French biologist who, together with Jacques Monod, originated the idea that control of enzyme levels in all cells occurs through feedback on transcription. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Jacques Monod and André Lwoff.-Childhood and education:François Jacob is...
, elected 1996, biologist
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- Louis GiryLouis GiryLouis Giry was a French lawyer, translator and writer. He was born and died in Paris....
, 1636–1665, lawyer - Claude BoyerClaude BoyerClaude Boyer was a French clergyman, playwright, apologist and poet....
, 1666–1698, ecclesiastic, playwright and poet - Charles-Claude GenestCharles-Claude GenestCharles-Claude Genest was a French clergyman, poet and playwright....
, 1698–1719, ecclesiastic - Jean-Baptiste DubosJean-Baptiste DubosJean-Baptiste Dubos , also referred to as l'Abbé Du Bos, was a French author.-Life:He was born in Beauvais. After studying theology, he gave it up in favour of public law and politics. He was employed by M...
, 1720–1742, ecclesiastic and historian - Jean-François Du Bellay du ResnelJean-François Du Bellay du ResnelJean-François Du Resnel du Bellay was a French ecclesiastic, writer and translator.- Main works :* Essai sur la Critique, poème traduit de l’anglois de M. Pope, avec un discours et des remarques...
, 1742–1761, ecclesiastic - Bernard-Joseph SaurinBernard-Joseph SaurinBernard-Joseph Saurin was a lawyer, poet, and playwright born in Paris in 1706 and who died in that city on 17 November 1781.-Biography:Bernard-Joseph Saurin was the son of Joseph Saurin, a converted Protestant minister and mathematician who had been accused in 1712 by Jean-Baptiste Rousseau of...
, 1761–1781, lawyer and poet - Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, 1782–1794, philosopher and mathematician
- Gabriel VillarGabriel VillarNoël-Gabriel-Luce Villar was a French clergyman and politician....
, 1803–1826, ecclesiastic - Charles-Marie-Dorimond de Féletz, 1826–1850, ecclesiastic
- Désiré NisardDésiré NisardJean Marie Napoléon Désiré Nisard was a French author and critic. He was born at Châtillon-sur-Seine.In 1826 he joined the staff of the Journal des Débats, but subsequently transferred his pen to the National...
, 1850–1888, essayist - Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé, 1888–1910, essayist, historian, literary critic and diplomat
- Henri de RégnierHenri de RégnierHenri François Joseph de Régnier was a French symbolist poet, considered one of the most important of France during the early 20th century....
, 1911–1936, poet, novelist and essayist - Jacques de LacretelleJacques de LacretelleJacques de Lacretelle was a French novelist. He was elected to the Académie française on November 12, 1936.-Bibliography:* 1920 La vie inquiète de Jean Hermelin...
, 1936–1985, novelist - Bertrand Poirot-DelpechBertrand Poirot-DelpechBertrand Poirot-Delpech was a French journalist, essayist and novelist. He was elected to the Académie française on 10 April 1986.-Early life:...
, 1986–2006, journalist, essayist and novelist - Jean ClairJean ClairJean Clair is the nom de plume of Gérard Régnier . He is an essayist, a polemicist, an art historian, an art conservator, and a member of the French Academy since May, 2008. He was, for many years, the director of the Picasso Museum in Paris...
, elected 2008, essayist and art historian
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- Daniel de PriézacDaniel de PriézacDabiel de Priézac was a French writer and jurist.-Life:Graduating as doctor of law in Bordeaux in 1614, he was professor of jurisprudence and conseiller d'État...
, 1639–1662, law professor - Michel Le ClercMichel Le Clerc-Life:After studying under the Jesuits, he established himself in Paris, where he became a lawyer to the parliament of Paris. Like his co-student Claude Boyer, he wrote tragedies and "pièces des circonstance"; he produced his Virginie romaine in 1645, the same year as Boyer produced his Porcie...
, 1662–1691, lawyer - Jacques de TourreilJacques de TourreilJacques de Tourreil was a French jurist, orator, translator and man of letters.-Life:The author of translations of Demosthenes and essays on jurisprudence, Tourreil was elected to the Académie royale des inscriptions et médailles in 1691, the Académie française in 1692 and the Académie des Jeux...
, 1692–1714, translator - Jean-Roland MaletJean-Roland MaletJean-Roland Malet or Mallet was a French economic historian, author of the Comptes rendus de l'administration des finances du royaume , which constitute the most important source of economic and financial data for Ancien Régime France.-Life:Son of a master carpenter, he was...
, 1714–1736, economist and royal valet de chambreValet de chambreValet de chambre , or varlet de chambre, was a court appointment introduced in the late Middle Ages, common from the 14th century onwards. Royal Households had many persons appointed at any time... - Jean-François BoyerJean-François BoyerJean-François Boyer, born March 12, 1675 in Paris and died August 20, 1755 in Versailles, was a French bishop, best known for having been the bitter opponent of the Jansenists and philosophers....
, 1736–1755, ecclesiastic - Nicolas Thyrel de BoismontNicolas Thyrel de BoismontAbbé Nicolas Thyrel de Boismont was a French abbot and a pulpit orator....
, 1755–1786, ecclesiastic - Claude-Carloman de RulhièreClaude-Carloman de RulhièreClaude-Carloman de Rulhière was a French poet and historian.He was born at Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis. He became aide-de-camp to Marshal Richelieu, whom he followed through the Hanoverian campaign of 1757 to his government at Bordeaux in 1758; and at the age of twenty-five he was sent to St...
, 1787–1791, diplomat, poet and historian - Pierre-Jean-Georges Cabanis, 1803–1808, medical doctor and physiologist
- Antoine-Louis-Claude Destutt de Tracy, 1808–1836, philosopher
- François GuizotFrançois GuizotFrançois Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848, a conservative liberal who opposed the attempt by King Charles X to usurp legislative power, and worked to sustain a constitutional...
, 1836–1874, politician and historian - Jean-Baptiste DumasJean-Baptiste DumasJean Baptiste André Dumas was a French chemist, best known for his works on organic analysis and synthesis, as well as the determination of atomic weights and molecular weights by measuring vapor densities...
, 1875–1884, politician and chemist - Joseph Bertrand, 1884–1900, mathematician, historian of science
- Marcellin BerthelotMarcellin BerthelotMarcelin Pierre Eugène Berthelot was a French chemist and politician noted for the Thomsen-Berthelot principle of thermochemistry. He synthesized many organic compounds from inorganic substances and disproved the theory of vitalism. He is considered as one of the greatest chemists of all time.He...
, 1900–1907, politician, chemist, essayist, historian of science - Francis CharmesFrancis CharmesMarie François, known as Francis Charmes was a French journalist, diplomat, civil servant, politician and academician. He was an Officer of the Légion d'honneur....
, 1908–1916, diplomat and journalist - Jules CambonJules CambonJules-Martin Cambon was a French diplomat.He began his career as a lawyer , served in the Franco-Prussian War and entered the civil service in 1871...
, 1918–1935, diplomat, lawyer, senior civil servant - Lucien Lacaze, 1936–1955, admiral
- Jacques ChastenetJacques ChastenetJacques Chastenet de Castaing was a French journalist, historian and diplomat. He was elected to the Académie française November 29, 1956.-Bibliography:*1918 Du Sénat constitué en Cour de Justice...
, 1956–1978, journalist, historian and diplomat - Georges DumézilGeorges DumézilGeorges Dumézil was a French comparative philologist best known for his analysis of sovereignty and power in Proto-Indo-European religion and society...
, 1978–1986, philologist and historian of civilisations - Pierre-Jean RémyPierre-Jean RémyPierre-Jean Rémy is the pen-name of Jean-Pierre Angremy who was a French diplomat, novelist, and essayist. He was elected to the Académie française on 16 June 1988, and won the 1986 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for his novel Une ville immortelle.-Early life:Rémy was born in...
, 1988–2010, diplomat, novelist and essayist