Antoine-François Brisson (25 October 1728 in
Paris
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– 1796 in
Lyon
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) was an 18th-century French lawyer.
An inspector of commerce and manufacture for the financial district of Lyon, Brisson published ''Manière de retirer de la pomme de terre la poudre blanche que l'on nomme amidon, fécule farine'', Lyon, 1779 and ''Mémoires historiques et économiques sur le Beaujolais'', Lyon, 1795.
Brisson was a member of various academies, including the which keeps twenty-three manuscripts from him on several topics, and the Académie de Villefranche.
He wrote the articles ''toilerie'' and ''Suisses, privileges des Suisses en France pour leur commerce'' for the ''
Encyclopédie
, better known as ''Encyclopédie'' (), was a general encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1772, with later supplements, revised editions, and translations. It had many writers, known as the Encyclopédistes. It was edited by Denis ...
'' by
Diderot
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.
His son,
Barnabé Brisson
Barnabé Brisson (Latinised: Barnabas Brissonius; 1531 – 15 November 1591) was a French jurist and politician.
Biography
Born as the son of the king's lieutenant in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, Brisson studied law in Orléans, Bourges and fin ...
(1777–1828), was an engineer.
J.J. O'Connor; E.F. Robertson: ''Barnabé Brisson.'' School of Mathematics and Statistics. University of St Andrews, Scotland
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Sources
* Joseph-Marie Quérard
Joseph Marie Quérard (25 December 1797 – 3 December 1865) was a French bibliographer.
He was born at Rennes, where he was apprenticed to a bookseller. Sent abroad on business, he remained in Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital cit ...
, ''La Littérature française contemporaine. XIXe'', t. 1, Paris, Daguin Frères, 1842, p. 533.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brisson, Antoine-Francois
18th-century French lawyers
Contributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772)
Lawyers from Lyon
1728 births
1796 deaths