François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais
François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais (13 August 1632, Paris – 6 September 1713, Paris) was a French ecclesiastic, grammarian, diplomat and poet in French, Spanish and Latin. He also translated Alphonsus Rodriguez's The Practice of Christian Perfection and several works by Anacreon, Homer and Cicero. He was born in Paris.
François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais
- Born
- 1632 · Paris.
- Died
- 1713 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- linguist · poet · diplomat · translator · writer · classical scholar · romanist · philologist
- Languages
- French
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François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais (13 August 1632, Paris – 6 September 1713, Paris) was a French ecclesiastic, grammarian, diplomat and poet in French, Spanish and Latin. He also translated Alphonsus Rodriguez's The Practice of Christian Perfection and several works by Anacreon, Homer and Cicero. He was born in Paris.
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Born at Paris in 1632, died in Paris in 1713.
The recorded working language is French. Positions recorded include perpetual secretary of the French Academy and seat 30 of the Académie française.
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