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Etienne AZEMA
French poet, playwright, and writer of fables
1776 - 1851 -
John DRYDEN
English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made Poet Laureate in 1668
1631 - 1700 -
Pierre ABELARD
French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician
1079 - 1142 -
Antoine DESTUTT DE TRACY
French Enlightenment aristocrat and philosopher who coined the term "ideology"
1754 - 1836 -
Louis François DE BAUSSET
French cardinal, writer and member of the Académie française
1748 - 1824 -
Jean-François DE SAINT-LAMBERT
French poet, philosopher and military officer
1716 - 1803 -
Jean-Pierre CLARIS DE FLORIAN
French poet and romance writer
1755 - 1794 -
Pierre Jean Georges CABANIS
French physiologist and materialist philosopher
1757 - 1808 -
Gérard DE LALLY-TOLLENDAL
French politician
1751 - 1830 -
Jean Jacques LE FRANC DE POMPIGNAN
French man of letters and erudition
1709 - 1784 -
Paul SCARRON
French poet, dramatist, and novelist
1610 - 1660 -
Louis DE BOISSY
French writer
1694 - 1758 -
Victor RIQUETI DE MIRABEAU
French economist of the Physiocratic school
1715 - 1789 -
François Joseph CLEMENCEAU
French writer
1770 - 1819 -
Paulin PARIS
French scholar and author
1800 - 1881 -
Antoine François PREVOST
French author and novelist
1697 - 1763 -
Marin MERSENNE
French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist
1588 - 1648 -
Bernardin DE SAINT-PIERRE
French writer and botanist
1737 - 1814 -
William ROPER
English biographer
1496 - 1578 -
Margaret ROPER
English writer and translator, probably the most learned woman of sixteenth century England
1505 - 1544