Name Nicolas Gedoyn | Role Educationalist | |
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Died August 10, 1744, Beaugency, France | ||
Nicolas Gedoyn (15 June 1677 – 10 August 1744) was a French clergyman, translator, pioneer educationalist and literary critic. He was the fifth member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Academie francaise in 1719, and the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1722
Gedoyn was born in Orleans. Trained by the Jesuits from the age of 15, he was appointed professor of rhetoric in Blois, then canon at the Sainte-Chapelle and Abbey Beaugency. Among his literary works are translations of Quintilian and Pausanias. He died in Beaugency.
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