Marc Antoine René de Voyer
Antoine-René de Voyer Marquis de Paulmy & Marquis d'Argenson | |
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Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet | |
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Born | Isle-de-France, Kingdom of France | 22 November 1722
Awards | Order of the Holy Spirit Order of Saint Michael |
Marc Antoine René de Voyer, Marquis de Paulmy and Marquis d'Argenson (1757) (22 November 1722,
Biography
Marc Antoine René de Voyer was the only son of
Appointed councillor at the
In 1750 he was appointed to head the stables of King
He was a noted
His library was one of the finest collections of a private individual. It included some 100,000 carefully selected volumes, largely by French writers and especially poets. He catalogued the library himself, dictating or writing the documents which display his expertise and taste. The library was purchased in 1785 by the Count of Artois, brother of the king, who allowed Argenson to retain it his lifetime. This library formed the basis of the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal since, as grand master of artillery, he had used the Arsenal to house his library.
Literary works and academic positions
He planned the Bibliothèque universelle des romans, published between 1775 and 1778 in 40
He was elected to the
Notes
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911, p. 459.
- ^ Noted by Louis Courajod , Le livre-journal de Lazare Duvaux, Paris, 1873:xxxiii
- ^ The shuttered building today, overtaken by the spread of Paris Archived 2012-07-16 at archive.today.
- ^ Courajod 1873.
References
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Argenson s.v. Marc Antoine René de Voyer". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 457–460. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
External links
- Biiographical notice on the Académie françaisewebsite.