Nicolas Beauzée

Nicolas Beauzée is a grammairien French born with Verdun the May 9th 1717 and died in Paris the January 23rd 1789.

Biography

Nicolas Beauzée was professor with the Military academy and was elected with the French Academy in 1772. He exposed in a methodical, clear and pleasant way the principles of grammar in his general Grammaire, or Exposure reasoned of the elements necessary to be used for the study of all the languages (1767). According to the knight of Boufflers, “ it was pointed out, in all its writings, by a great straightness of judgment and a rare smoothness of design ”, but of others reproached him an excessive search for subtlety, confining sometimes with the darkness. Marie-Joseph Chénier often describes it as work “ nine, always useful, and which would be it well more, if it did not push back the readers by an at the same time dry style and diffuse ”.

After Dumarsais, he wrote the article devoteds to with grammar in the Encyclopedia . They were joined together in volume with those of Jean-François Marmontel under the title of Dictionnaire of grammar and literature (1789).

He is also the author of a Exposition shortened of the historical evidence of the religion (1747), of an increased edition of the Synonymes with the abbot Girard (1770), of a general Grammaire (1767) and translations of Salluste and Fifth-Curce.

See too

Internal bond

nasal Vowel: The definition of the nasality compared to the orality established by Beauzée.

External bonds

biographical Card on the site of the French Academy
Site devoted to Nicolas Beauzée

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