Claude Sallier (4 April 1685, in Saulieu – 6 September 1761, in

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France's first public library

Claude Sallier had an idea that was advanced for its era - to make culture accessible to all. From 1737 to 1750 he made books available to the town of Saulieu, forming France's first public library.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sallier, Claude 1685 births 1761 deaths People from Saulieu French philologists French librarians Fellows of the Royal Society Translators from Hebrew 18th-century French translators