Louis-Léonard de Loménie (3 December 1815 – 2 April 1878) was a French scholar and essayist. He is best known for his biography of

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French polymath. At various times in his life, he was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist ...

, and also edited this author's complete works.

Biography

Loménie was born at

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, Haute-Vienne. He studied at Avignon and was professor of French literature at the

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from 1862, then at the

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from 1864, and editor of the '' Revue des Deux Mondes''. His first literary work was a series of biographical sketches, published under the title ''Galerie des contemporains illustres par un homme de rien'' (1846–1847). He was elected to the Académie Française in 1871. He died in Paris in 1878.

Works

His chief work is ''Beaumarchais et son temps'' (1855), marked by much scholarly research. He also wrote ''La comtesse de Rochefort et ses amis'' (1871); ''Esquisses historiques et littéraires'' (1878); ''Les Mirabeau'' (1879). *''Galerie des contemporains illustres, par un homme de rien'', 1840–1847, 10 volumes *''Leçons de littérature au Collège de France'', 1845–1864 *''

Beaumarchais Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French polymath. At various times in his life, he was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, ...

et son temps : études sur la société en France au XVIIIe siècle d'après des documents inédits'', 1855, 2 volumes. Réédition Slatkine, Genève, 1970
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from Gallica. *''La Comtesse de Rochefort et ses amis : études sur les mœurs en France au XVIIIe, avec des documents inédits'', 1870. Republished Slatkine, Genève, 1971. *''Les

Mirabeau Mirabeau may refer to: People and characters * Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798–1859), second President of the Republic of Texas French nobility * Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau (1715–1789), French physiocrat * Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, com ...

, nouvelles études sur la société française au XVIIIe siècle'', 1879, 2 volumes, followed by a continuation by his son Charles de Loménie, 1889–1891, 3 volumes *''Esquisses historiques et littéraires'', 1879

Attribution

External links

Biography – Académie française
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