La Beaumelle, Laurent Angliviel de, 1726-1773

LC control no.	n 85017605
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PQ1989.L3
Personal name heading	La Beaumelle, Laurent Angliviel de, 1726-1773 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Beaumelle, Laurent Angliviel de la, 1726-1773 De la Beaumelle, Laurent Angliviel, 1726-1773 Angliviel de La Beaumelle, Laurent, 1726-1773 La Beaumelle, M. de (Laurent Angliviel), 1726-1773 La Beaumelle, Mr. de (Laurent Angliviel), 1726-1773 La Beaumelle, L. Angliviel de (Laurent Angliviel), 1726-1773 La Beaumelle, 1726-1773 Labeaumelle, Laurent Angliviel de, 1726-1773
See also	Alternate identity: Palajos, Gonia de, 1726-1773 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Located	Alès, France Geneva, Switzerland Copenhagen, Denmark Berlin, Germany Amsterdam, Netherlands Toulouse, France
Birth date	17260128 17270128
Death date	17731117 17731117
Place of birth	Valleraugue, France
Place of death	Paris, France
Field of activity	French literature--18th century
Profession or occupation	Journalists Authors, French--18th century Ethicists
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Found in	His L'Esprit, 1802: t.p. (M. de la Beaumelle) LC data base, 4/19/85 (hdg.: La Beaumelle, Laurent Angliviel de, 1726-1773) BN Cat. (hdg.: La Beaumelle, Laurent Angliviel de; usage: M. L.B.; M. de La Beaumelle; L. Angliviel de La Beaumelle; name often did not appear in his works) His Commentaire sur La Henriade, 1775, via Google Books, July 23, 2013: t.p. (feu M. de La Beaumelle) p. vi. (Laurent-Angliviel de la Beaumelle, born Jan. 28, 1727, Vallerangue [sic]) p. xvi (died in Paris, Nov. 17, 1773) BnF in VIAF, July 23, 2013 (La Beaumelle, Laurent Angliviel de (1727-1773)) Cioranescu, A. Bibl. de la litt. fran. du 18eme siecle (La Beaumelle (Laurent Angliviel de); b. 1-28-1726, d. 11-17-1773) Mes pensées, 1751 title page (no author's name; inscribed on title page of NN copy: "Par la Beaumelle") page iij (dedication signed "Gonia de PalaJos" (with uppercase "J") Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes: v. 3, col. 280 (Mes pensées, 1751, by Laurent Angliviel de la Beaumelle; dedication signed with the pseudonym "Gonia de Palajos" from the Greek words "gonia" and "palaios" (meaning "old angle"; alluding to his surname Angliviel)) Mes pensées, ou, Le qu'en dira-t-on, 1997: title page (La Beaumelle) page 26 (dedication of 1752 edition signed Gonia de Palajos) Deux traités sur la tolérance, 2012: title page (La Beaumelle) page 2 (Laurent Angliviel de La Beaumelle, 1726-1773) Nichols, M. Notice sur la vie et les écrits de Laurent Angliviel de La Beaumelle, 1852, via Gallica, July 23, 2013: page 3 (Laurent Angliviel, generally known under the name of La Beaumelle, a name he added to his own following the example of a maternal uncle, was born at Valleraugue, Jan. 28, 1726) page 34 (died Nov. 17, 1773, Paris) Michaud. Biographie universelle (Beaumelle (Laurent Angliviel de la), born Vallerangue, Jan. 28, 1727, died Paris, Nov. 17, 1773) Dict. de biographie française (La Beaumelle (Laurent Angliviel de), born Valleraugue, Jan. 28, 1726, died Paris, Nov. 17, 1773) Larousse Encyclopédie online, July 23, 2013 (Laurent [bold:] Angliviel, dit Laurent [remainder bold:] Angliviel de La Beaumelle; French journalist and author, born Valleraugue, 1726, died Paris, 1773) French Wikipedia, July 23, 2013 (Laurent Angliviel de La Beaumelle, born Jan. 28, 1726, Valleraugue, died Nov. 17, 1773, Paris; French man of letters; born Laurent Angliviel, studied at Catholic college in Alès, briefly converted to Catholicism but reverted to his ancestral Huguenot faith; moved secretly to Geneva in 1745 and took the name La Beaumelle to foil French royal surveillance; afterwards lived and worked in Copenhagen (where he was appointed professor of French), Berlin (where he quarrelled with Voltaire), Paris (where he was twice imprisoned in the Bastille), and Amsterdam; exiled to Languedoc in 1757, after second Bastille term; settled in Toulouse, 1759; exile lifted 1769 and he returned to Paris for two longer stays; died there in 1773) Lauriol, C. Article in Dict. des journalistes, 1600-1789, electronic ed. (WWW), accessed July 23, 2013 (Laurent Angliviel de la Beaumelle (1726-1773); born Valleraugue, Jan. 28, 1726; cites as source baptismal certificate, in Lauriol, C. La Beaumelle, 1978; took the name La Beaumelle (in usage in his family) in 1745 while in Geneva, because it was prudent for young Huguenots in Geneva to avoid the attention of the Résident of France; uses the names "Angliviel de la Beaumelle," then "La Beaumelle" and "M. de La Beaumelle"; publishes Mes pensées under the transparent pseudonym "Gonia de Palayos" (Angliviel)) <http://dictionnaire-journalistes.gazettes18e.fr/journaliste/013-laurent-angliviel-de-la-beaumelle> Electronic Enlightenment, July 23, 2013 (Laurent Angliviel de La Beaumelle, born 1726, died 1773; French, Huguenot, author, moralist) OCLC, July 23, 2013 (access points: La Beaumelle; La Beaumelle, 1726-1773; La Beaumelle, de; La Beaumelle, M. de (Laurent Anglivel), 1726-1773; La Beaumelle, M. de (Laurent Angliviel de), 1726-1773; La Beaumelle, M. de (Laurent Angliviel), 1726-1773; La Beaumelle, M. de (Laurent Angliviel), 1727-1773; La Beaumelle, Gonia de; La Beaumelle, Laurent Angliviel de; La Beaumelle, Laurent Angliviel de, 1726-1773; La Beaumelle, Laurent Angliviel de, 1727-1773; La Beaumelle, Laurent de; LaBeaumelle, Laurent A. de; LaBeaumelle, Laurent Angliviel de; Beaumelle, M. de (Laurent Angliviel), 1726-1773; Angliviel de La Beaumelle, Laurent, b. 1726-d. 1773; Angliviel de La Beaumelle, Laurent de,1726-1773; Palajos, Gonia de; Gonia de Palajos, pseud.; and other variants; usage includes: M. de la Beaumelle; Monsieur de la Beaumelle; M. Angliviel de la Beaumelle; le sieur Angliviel de La Beaumelle; le sieur Laurent Angliviel de La Beaumelle; M. Angliviel de la Beaumelle, professeur royal en langue & belles-lettres françoises dans l'Université de Copenhague; L. Angliviel de La Beaumelle; M. de La B***; La Beaumelle; Laurent Angliviel de la Beaumelle)
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