Jean Terrasson
Jean Terrasson was a French writer, professor, translator, linguist, religious role and philologist (1670–1750). He was born at Lyon and died at Paris.
Also recorded as Abbé Terrasson.
Jean Terrasson in brief
- Born
- 1670
- Died
- 1750
- Known for
- writer, professor, translator, linguist, religious role and philologist
- Place of birth
- Lyon
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Abbé Terrasson. His recorded languages were French and Latin.
He was the child of Pierre Terrasson.
Career and activity
He was employed by Collège de France. Recorded position is seat 12 of the Académie française. He belonged to Académie Française and French Academy of Sciences.
Catalogued works
17 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1720 to 1732.
Disseration critique sur l'Iliade d'Homere, ou a l'occasion de ce poem on cherche les regles d'une poetique fondée sur la raison. Discours prononcé par M. Terrasson, avocat au Parlement de Paris, à la presentation des lettres de M. D'Aguesseau, le 2 juin 1717. A discourse of ancient and modern learning. Lettres sur le nouveau systême des finances. Lettre ecrite a M*** sur le nouveau systeme des finances, & particulierement sur le remboursement des rentes constituées ... Discours pronocez dans l'Academie Françoise, le jeudy 29. mai MDCCXXXII. à la réception de M. l'Abbé Terrasson. Sethos, dated 1732. A critical dissertation upon Homer's Iliad. Sethos: histoire ou vie, tirée des monumens anecdotes de l'ancienne Egypte, traduite d'un .. Dissertation critique sur l'Iliade d'Homère. A discourse of ancient and modern learning. Where, among other things, a new system of the human mind is propos'd; ... By Abbe Terracon, ... Translated from the French; with additional improvements and authorities .. Dissertation critique sur L'Iliade d'Homer: òu à l'occasion de ce poëme on cherche les regles d .. La philosophie applicable à tous les objets de l'esprit et de la raison. Discours pronocez dans l'Academie Françoise, le jeudy 29. mai MDCCXXXII. à la réception de M. l'Abbé Terrasson., dated MDCCXXXII, held by Wellcome Collection. A discourse concerning the opera , Wherein The Nature and Laws of that sort of Drama are explained. And The Moral Use and Excellency of it asserted and vindicated, in answer to all the Objections hitherto urged against it. By Abbé Terrasson, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences Done from the French., dated 1720, held by Wellcome Collection. A critical dissertation upon Homer's Iliad . Where, upon occasion of this poem, A new system of the art of poetry is attempted, ... By Abb�e Terra�con, .., dated 1722, held by Wellcome Collection. The life of Sethos Taken from private memoirs of the ancient Egyptians. Translated from a Greek manuscript into French. And now faithfully done into English from the Paris edition; by Mr. Lediard. In two volumes., dated 1732, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Terrasson, Jean (1670–1750), The Dictionary of Seventeenth-Century French Philosophers, 2008. La théâtrophobie et la « nouvelle philosophie » moderne : le cas de Jean Terrasson, Littératures classiques, 2019. Terrasson, Jacky, Oxford Music Online, 2015. Terrasson, Pierre, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Terrasson, Jacky (jazz), Oxford Music Online, 2003. Strong impact of orally administered BCR4 defensin on aphid survival, embryo development, and symbiotic cells in three Acyrthosiphon pisum parthenogenetic lines, Journal of Pest Science, 2025. Organocatalyzed Asymmetric Friedel–Crafts Reactions, 2010. Numerical Computation of Spectral Elements in Max-Plus Algebra☆, 1998. Embedded Systems for Small Ruminants Behavior Identification: Application to Pastoral Farms in Mountain and Mediterranean Areas, Sensors Applications Symposium, 2024. Lewis Acid‐Catalyzed Direct Amination of Benzhydryl Alcohols, 2006. A constructive xed point theorem for min-max functions, 1999. Organocatalyzed cyclopropanation of alpha-substituted alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes: enantioselective synthesis of cyclopropanes bearing a chiral quaternary center., Chemistry, 2010. Intermolecular FeCl3‐Catalyzed Hydroamination of Styrenes, 2007.
Digitised editions and texts
4 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Sethos - Histoire ou Vie Tiree des Monumens Anecdotes de l'Anciennne Egypte - Traduite d'un Manuscrit Grec (The Life of Sethos Taken from the Private Memoirs of the Ancient Egyptians [&] Translated from a Greek Manuscript 1) (1732) — Internet Archive. Sethos, histoire ou vie tirée des monumens anecdotes de l'ancienne Egypte. Trad. d'un manuscrit grec. [Comp. par J. Terrasson] (1731) — Internet Archive. La philosophie applicable a tous les objets de l'esprit et de la raison: Ouvrage en retléxions ... (1764) — Internet Archive. Dissertation critique sur l'Iliade d'Homère, où à l'occasion de ce ..., Volume 1 (1715) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1670Jean Terrasson born at Lyon.
- 1715Dissertation critique sur l'Iliade d'Homère, où à l'occasion de ce ..., Volume 1 digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1731Sethos, histoire ou vie tirée des monumens anecdotes de l'ancienne Egypte. Trad. d'un manuscrit grec. [Comp. par J. Terrasson] digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1732Sethos - Histoire ou Vie Tiree des Monumens Anecdotes de l'Anciennne Egypte - Traduite d'un Manuscrit Grec (The Life of Sethos Taken from the Private Memoirs of the Ancient Egyptians [&] Translated from a Greek Manuscript 1) digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1750Jean Terrasson died at Paris.
- 1764La philosophie applicable a tous les objets de l'esprit et de la raison: Ouvrage en retléxions ... digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
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- 1.
“Jean Terrasson”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q2273795: Jean Terrasson
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