Jean Ballesdens [SEP] place of death
Jean Ballesdens
Jean Ballesdens (1595 in Paris – 1675 in Paris) was a French lawyer, editor and bibliophile, though he has left practically no writings.
Biography.
A lawyer to the parlement de Paris and secretary to chancellor Séguier, he was elected to the Académie française in 1648 - though he had renounced a place when it was first offered him, in favour of Pierre Corneille. He collected books and formed a library that was the rival of his master's in terms of numbers, choice and the
, elected 2012, biologist
Seat 8.
1. Claude de Malleville, 1634–1647, poet
2. Jean Ballesdens, 1648–1675, lawyer
3. Géraud de Cordemoy, 1675–1684, philosopher and historian
4. Jean-Louis Bergeret, 1684–1694, lawyer
5. Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, 1694–1743, ecclesiastic
6. Pierre Louis Maupertuis, 1743–1759, astronomer
7. Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan, 1759–1784, magistrate and economist
8. Jean-Sifrein Maury