Pierre Desfontaines, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pierre Desfontaines

French writer

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1685

Place of Birth: Rouen, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 16-Dec-1745

Profession: writer, translator, journalist, literary critic, religious servant

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

The Abbé Pierre François Guyot-Desfontaines (1685 in Rouen – 16 December 1745 in Paris) was a French journalist, translator and popular historian. Known today for his quarrels with Voltaire, Desfontaines can be regarded as the founder of the new literary criticism and journalism in France, insofar as he sought to found his criticism on aesthetic and ethical lines, rather than merely summarising, reproducing or paraphrasing.



Alternative names	Georg Fridrich Šmidt; Georg Fridrich Smidt; Schmidt; g. f. schmidt; George Friedrich Schmidt
Description	German engraver
Date of birth/death	24 January 1712	25 January 1775
Location of birth/death	Schönerlinde, Wandlitz	Berlin
Work location	Berlin, Saint Petersburg
Authority control	: Q877735 VIAF: 19946384 ISNI: 0000 0000 6636 1707 ULAN: 500012494 LCCN: no2008034438 GND: 104160802 WorldCat



Alternative names	Jean Louis Tocqué
Description	French portrait painter
Date of birth/death	19 November 1696	10 February 1772
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work location	Paris, Saint Petersburg (1757-1758), Copenhague
Authority control	: Q1375132 VIAF: 27053296 ISNI: 0000 0000 7326 5641 ULAN: 500002111 LCCN: nb2007020471 NLA: 35705215 WorldCat