Simon-Nicholas Henri Linguet

Simon-Nicholas Henri Linguet was a French journalist, writer, lawyer, historian and jurist (1736–1794). He was born at Reims and died at Paris.

Also recorded as Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet.

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Identity and origins

He also worked under the names Un Citoyen vertueux, Un Intéressé and Pangloss. The authorities additionally record the heading Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet. His recorded language was French.

Identity

What the record establishes about Simon-Nicholas Henri Linguet.

La cacomonade: histoire politique et morale / traduite de l'allemand du Docteur Pangloss, par le docteur lui-même, depuis son retour de Constantinople. [By S.N.H. Linguet]. is dated 1766 and held by Wellcome Collection. Letre [sic] de M. Linguet à M. le C. de Vergennes, ministre des affaires étrangères en France is dated 1777 and held by Wellcome Collection. Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet. Stipple engraving after Fr. Bonneville, ca. 1802. is dated [1802?] and held by Wellcome Collection. Simon-Nicholas Henri Linguet is recorded as journalist, writer, lawyer, historian and jurist. Simon-Nicholas Henri Linguet is recorded with the citizenship of France. Wellcome Collection records 14 objects associated with this heading.

Catalogued works

6 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1766 to 1802.

Annales politiques, civiles et littéraires du XVIIIe siècle. Voyage au labyrinthe du Jardin du Roi. Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet. Stipple engraving after Fr. Bonneville, ca. 1802., dated [1802?], held by Wellcome Collection. Letre [sic] de M. Linguet à M. le C. de Vergennes, ministre des affaires étrangères en France, dated 1777, held by Wellcome Collection. La cacomonade: histoire politique et morale / traduite de l'allemand du Docteur Pangloss, par le docteur lui-même, depuis son retour de Constantinople. [By S.N.H. Linguet]., dated 1766, held by Wellcome Collection. La cacomonade : histoire politique et morale / traduite de l'allemand du docteur Pangloss, par le docteur lui-même, depuis son retour de Constantinople., dated [1766 [i.e. 1866], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 14 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

OV correspondence, letter D14039: Voltaire to Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet (), Oxford University Voltaire. Linguet, Henri, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. The Ideas and Careers of Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet: A Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet: A Study in Eighteenth-Century French Politics, The American Historical Review, 1981. OV correspondence, letter D15519: Voltaire to Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet (15th March 1769), Oxford University Voltaire. OV correspondence, letter D13973: Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet to Voltaire (19th February 1767), Oxford University Voltaire.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 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 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1736Simon-Nicholas Henri Linguet born at Reims.
  2. 1766La cacomonade: histoire politique et morale / traduite de l'allemand du Docteur Pangloss, par le docteur lui-même, depuis son retour de Constantinople. [By S.N.H. Linguet]. is dated 1766 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  3. 1766La cacomonade: histoire politique et morale / traduite de l'allemand du Docteur Pangloss, par le docteur lui-même, depuis son retour de Constantinople. [By S.N.H. Linguet]. (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1766La cacomonade : histoire politique et morale / traduite de l'allemand du docteur Pangloss, par le docteur lui-même, depuis son retour de Constantinople. (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1777Letre [sic] de M. Linguet à M. le C. de Vergennes, ministre des affaires étrangères en France is dated 1777 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  6. 1777Letre [sic] de M. Linguet à M. le C. de Vergennes, ministre des affaires étrangères en France (Wellcome Collection).
  7. 1783Observations sur L'Histoire de la Bastille , publi�ee par M. Linguet, avec des remarques sur le caractere de l'auteur, suivies de quelques notes sur sa maniere d'�ecrire l'histoire politique, civile & litt�eraire. (Wellcome Collection).
  8. 1783Mémoires sur la Bastille, et sur la détention de M. Linguet, écrits par lui-même (Wellcome Collection).
  9. 1786Mémoire au roi, par M. Linguet, concernant ses réclamations, actuellement pendantes au Parlement de Paris (Wellcome Collection).
  10. 1794Simon-Nicholas Henri Linguet died at Paris.
  11. 1802Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet. Stipple engraving after Fr. Bonneville, ca. 1802. (Wellcome Collection).
  12. 1802Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet. Stipple engraving after Fr. Bonneville, ca. 1802. is dated [1802?] and held by Wellcome Collection.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Linguet, Henri, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    OV correspondence, letter D13973: Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet to Voltaire (19th February 1767), Oxford University Voltaire

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    OV correspondence, letter D14039: Voltaire to Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet (), Oxford University Voltaire

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    OV correspondence, letter D15519: Voltaire to Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet (15th March 1769), Oxford University Voltaire

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    The Ideas and Careers of Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet: A Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet: A Study in Eighteenth-Century French Politics, The American Historical Review, 1981

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 14 works naming Simon-Nicholas Henri Linguet.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  7. 7.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1505526: Simon-Nicholas Henri Linguet

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  8. 8.

    “Simon-Nicholas Henri Linguet”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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