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Charles-Albert Demoustier (13 March 1760 – 2 March 1801) was a French writer. He falsely claimed to be a descendant of La Fontaine by his mother and Racine by his father.
Demoustier was born in Villers-Cotterêts. He worked as a lawyer, but later decided to become a writer. In 1786, he published the first part of "Lettres à Emilie sur la mythologie". The sixth part was published in 1798.
These works, alternating prose and madrigal-
politician (born 1742)
- 12 February - Jean Darcet, chemist and porcelain maker (born 1724).
- 2 March - Charles-Albert Demoustier, writer (born 1760).
- 7 April - Noël François de Wailly, grammarian and lexicographer (born 1724).
- 11 April - Antoine de Rivarol, writer and epigrammatist (born 1753).
- 8 June - Pierre Antoine Monneron, merchant, banker, writer and politician (born 1747)
- 6 July - Pierre Augustin