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Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (26 September 1723 – 19 December 1807) was a German-born French-language journalist, art critic, diplomat and contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.
Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm (born Sept. 26, 1723, Ratisbon—died Dec. 19, 1807, Gotha, Saxe-Gotha) was a critic of German descent who played an important part in the spread of 18th-century French culture throughout Europe.
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Friedrich Melchior Baron von Grimm (* 26. September 1723 in Regensburg [1]; † 19. Dezember 1807 in Siebleben) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Journalist, Theater- und Musikkritiker und Diplomat in Paris.
GRIMM, FRIEDRICH MELCHIOR VON (1723 – 1807), German-born critic of French culture. Friedrich (later Fr é d é ric) Melchior Grimm was born in Regensburg into a family of modest circumstances. While studying law, philosophy and literature in Leipzig, he wrote a tragedy, Banise.
FRIEDRICH MELCHIOR GRIMM, BARON VON (1723-1807), French author, the son of a German pastor, was born at Ratisbon on the 26th of December 1723. He studied at the University of Leipzig, where he came under the influence of Gottsched and of J. A. Ernesti, to whom he was largely indebted for his critical appreciation of classical literature.
FRIEDRICH MELCHIOR, BARON VON GRIMM, (1723-1807), the author of the celebrated Correspondance littéraire, was, though a naturalized Frenchman, both of German descent and a native of Germany, having been born of poor parents at Ratisbon, 26th December 1723. He studied at the university of Leipsic, where he had as professor the celebrated ...
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La Correspondance littéraire, philosophique et critique was a cultural newsletter distributed between 1753 and 1790. Written and produced most famously by Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, the newsletter also included contributions from Denis Diderot and Madame d’Épinay.
