L'autobiographie de Lacepède retrouvée
1975; Société française d'étude du XVIIIe siècle; Volume: 7; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3406/dhs.1975.1068
ISSN1760-7892
Autores Tópico(s)Historical and Literary Studies
ResumoRoger Hahn : The autobiography of Lacepède. In 1816 Buffon's desciple, B.G.E. de la Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacepède (1756-1825), prepared a lengthy autobiographical note for his cousin the Princess of Hesse-Philipsthal. The manuscript was recently located in Brussels and is printed with notes. It describes Lacepède 's noble background and youth in Agen ; cultural life in a provincial town ; his education, and musical, literary and scientific activities ; his meetings with Buffon, Daubenton, Gluck, Gossec, Franklin, Voltaire, Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette and other notables ; his writings as a naturalist of the Jardin du Roi ; his political activities during the Revolution and under Napoleon ; his stewardship of the Légion d'Honneur ; and his conduct during the period 1814-1815.
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