Name Nicolas Beauzee | Role Author | |
Died January 23, 1789, Paris, France | ||
Nicolas Beauzee (9 May 1717, Verdun, Meuse – 23 January 1789, Paris) was a French linguist, author of Grammaire generale (published 1767) and one of the main contributors to the Encyclopedie of Denis Diderot and Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert on the topic of grammar. In 1772 he was named as the successor to Charles Pinot Duclos in the Academie francaise.
Early years and tenure at Ecole Militaire
Beauzee was born on 9 May 1717 in Verdun. The Church register for the parish of Saint-Sauveur lists his father as a labourer (manouvrier). A scholarship allowed him to attend the Jesuit college at Verdun.
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