Nicolas Beauzée, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nicolas Beauzée

French grammarian

Date of Birth: 09-May-1717

Place of Birth: Verdun, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 24-Jan-1789

Profession: Encyclopédistes, linguist, grammarian

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Nicolas Beauzée (9 May 1717 in Verdun, Meuse – 23 January 1789 in Paris) was a French linguist, author of Grammaire générale (published 1767) and one of the main contributors to the Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot and Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert on the topic of grammar.
In 1772 he was named as the successor to Charles Pinot Duclos in the Académie française.