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Évrard Titon du Tillet
Évrard Titon du Tillet (January 1677 – 26 December 1762) is best known for his important biographical chronicle, "Le Parnasse françois", composed of brief anecdotal "vite" of famous French poets and musicians of his time, under the reign of Louis XIV and the Régence.
Biography.
Of Scottish origin, Évrard Titon du Tillet was the son of Maximilien Titon de Villegenon, seigneur d'Ognon, a secretary of the King and general manager of the armories under Louis XIV. He studied
Évrard Titon du Tillet, which provoked Voltaire's sarcastic epigram (see Évrard Titon du Tillet). Nadal was convinced his tragedy of "Mariamne" had failed because of Voltaire's ""brigue horrible et scandaleuse"" that set Paris against it, and said so in the preface to the printed play, giving Voltaire the opportunity to reply under a pseudonym with withering compliments ("Lettre de M. Thieriot à M. l'Abbé Nadal", 1725), commiserating with Nadal, that it was solely the machinations of Voltaire's intrigues