Jean-François Leriget de La Faye [SEP] place of birth
Jean-François Leriget de La Faye
Jean-François Leriget de La Faye (1674, Vienne, Isère – 11 July 1731, Paris) was a French diplomat, wealthy landowner and art collector, poet, and member of the Académie française for a single year.
At one time a musketeer, through social connections La Faye became a member of the court of Louis XIV. His position was head of the royal cabinet, and private secretary and special adviser to the King on matters such as finding a wife for
, 1973–2017, novelist
Seat 13.
1. Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, 1634–1638, grammarian and mathematician
2. François de La Mothe Le Vayer, 1639–1672, critic, grammarian and philosopher
3. Jean Racine, 1672–1699, playwright, mathematician, physicist and doctor
4. Jean-Baptiste-Henri de Valincour, 1699–1730, historiographer and admiral
5. Jean-François Leriget de La Faye, 1730–1731, politician
6. Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, 1731–1762, playwright
7. Claude-