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Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes.
French statesman (1721-1794)
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About Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, often referred to as Malesherbes or Lamoignon-Malesherbes, was a French statesman and minister in the Ancien Régime, and later counsel for the defense of Louis XVI. He is known for his vigorous criticism of royal abuses as President of the Cour des aides and his role, as director of censorship, in helping with the publication of the Encyclopédie. Despite his committed monarchism, his writings contributed to the development of liberalism during the French Age of Enlightenment.
Everything about Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes →- Occupation
- magistrate, jurist, botanist, writer
- Position held
- First President, Ministre de la Maison du Roi, seat 38 of the Académie française, president of the French Academy of Sciences
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- December 6, 1721
- Died
- April 22, 1794