Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard (15 January 1732 – 20 July 1817) was a French journalist, translator and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment. He was born in Besançon and died in Paris.
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| Born | 15 January 1732 Besançon, France |
| Died | 20 July 1817 (aged 85) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist Translator Literary critic |
| Spouse | Amélie Panckoucke |
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Biography
Suard was incarcerated in the Royal Fort ("Fort Royal") on Saint Marguerite Island between 1751 and 1753.[1]
On 16 January 1766, he married Amélie Panckoucke, sister of Charles-Joseph Panckoucke.[2]
He was the editor of the Journal étranger in the years 1760–1762 and of the Gazette littéraire d'Europe in the years 1764–1766.
Suard was on intimate terms with the philosophes and regularly attended the salon of Baron d'Holbach, although he seems to have eschewed their more radical ideas. Suard was a close acquaintance with the Marquis de Condorcet, having stayed in residence with him back in 1772.[3] In 1774 he was made a member of the French Academy, and later a state censor. For all his caution, Suard would later be harassed by both the Revolutionary and the Napoleonic regimes. His Mélanges de littérature were published in 1803–1805.
Bibliography
References
- "The Royal Fort Royal of the island of Sainte-Marguerite". Chemins de Mé (www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr/en)-Fracne's Ministry of the Armed Forces (www.defense.gouv.fr). Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- Mémoires d'Amélie Suard
- Salmon, J.H.M (1977). "Turgot and Condorcet. Progress, Reform and Revolution". History Today. 27: 288 – via Florida International University.
