Porée, Charles, 1675-1741
Variant namesFrench Jesuit rhetorician and dramatist; born Vendes (Calvados), Sept. 4, 1675; died Paris, Jan. 11, 1741; named professor of rhetoric at Louis-le-Grand in 1708 and continued to teach there until his death. Cf. Backer-Sommervogel, VI, col. 1021-1033.
Voltaire studied rhetoric under Porée in 1709-1710, and remained in contact with him long afterward. "Son plus grand mérite fut de faire aimer les lettres et la vertu à ses disciples"--Voltaire, in his catalog of writers of the age of Louis XIV (in Le siècle de Louis XIV, first published 1751).
From the description of Rhetorica, 1715 / data a Carolo Poreo Societ. Jesu anno Domini millesimo septingentesimo decimo quinto. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 49578472
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| creatorOf | Porée, Charles, 1675-1741. Rhetorica, 1715 / data a Carolo Poreo Societ. Jesu anno Domini millesimo septingentesimo decimo quinto. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| creatorOf | Porée, Charles, 1675-1741. Compilation of 18th-century French plays, poems, and rhetorical and mathematical texts, [between 1716 and 1735?]. | Newberry Library | |
| creatorOf | Porée, Charles 1675-1741. Thesaurus rhetorices [Manuscrito]. | Biblioteca Nacional de España, Biblioteca Nacional - Madrid |
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| associatedWith | Bonnart, Henri, 1642-1711, | person |
| associatedWith | Collège Louis-le-Grand (Paris, France) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Robert, fl. 1715, | person |
| associatedWith | Vallet, Jérôme, 1667-ca. 1722, | person |
| associatedWith | Voltaire, 1694-1778 | person |
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Person
Birth 1675-09-04
Death 1741-01-11
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