Gabriel Brizard (ca. 1744 – 23 January 1793) often known as Abbé Brizard, and sometimes by the pen-name Gallophile (lover of France), was a writer and historian whose work was popular and respected in the 18th century. He was a lawyer at the Parliament of Paris. (''
Parlement de Paris'')
He supported many of the reforms of the
French Revolution and admired
Voltaire and his anti-clerical views. Brizard was also an admirer of
Rousseau and
Mably. His ''Éloge historique de l'abbé de Mably'' (eulogy/obituary) published after Mably's death won him a prize from the ''
Académie des inscriptions et belles lettres
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, f ...
'' in 1787.
References
French National Library catalogue* Antoine De Baecque, ''Glory and Terror: Seven Deaths Under the French Revolution'' (2001)
Year of birth uncertain
1740s births
1793 deaths
French male writers
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