| LC control no. | n 86835939 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Pezay, Alexandre-Frédéric-Jacques Masson, marquis de, 1741-1777 |
| Variant(s) | Pezay, Alexandre Frédéric Jacques de Masson, marquis de, 1741-1777 Masson, Alexandre Frédéric Jacques de, marquis de Pezay, 1741-1777 Masson de Pezay, Alexandre-Frédéric-Jacques, 1741-1777 Pesay, Alexandre-Frédéric-Jacques Masson, marquis de, 1741-1777 Pezay, marquis de, 1741-1777 |
| Other standard no. | 0000000080941329 |
| Associated country | France |
| Birth date | 1741-04-27 |
| Death date | 1777-12-06 |
| Place of birth | Versailles (France) |
| Place of death | Marolles (Loir-et-Cher, France) |
| Field of activity | Poetry Military art and science Courts and courtiers Latin language--Translating into French |
| Affiliation | France. Armée Ordre de Saint-Louis Académie de marine (France) |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Soldiers Translators Courtier |
| Found in | nuc86-56668: Dorat, C.J. Lettre d'Alcibiade ... [MI] 1764 (hdg. on GmC rept.: Masson, Alexandre Frédéric Jacques de, marquis de Pezay, 1741-1777) NUC pre-1956 (LC hdg.: Masson, Alexandre Frédéric Jacques de, marquis de Pezay, 1741-1777; usage: Marquis de Pezay) Noms, situation et détails des vallées de la France, 1793: title page (le Marq. de Pesay) BN on CD-ROM, (Masson de Pezay, Alexandre Frédéric Jacques) BnF authorities, viewed October 24, 2024 record 125682001 (Pezay, Alexandre-Frédéric-Jacques Masson (1741-1777 ; marquis de); country: France; born: 1741, Versailles; died: 1777-12-06, Pezay, Loir-et-Cher; translated from Latin into French; Captain of dragoons, economist, writer, poet; variants: Masson de Pezay, Alexandre-Frédéric-Jacques; Pezay, Marquis de; sources: Zélis au bain : poème en quatre chants / le marquis de Pezay, 1883. - ABF. - Lorenz. - Grente, 18th century. - Cioranescu, 18th c.: Masson de Pezay, Alexandre-Frédéric-Jacques. - BN Cat. gen.: Masson de Pezay, Alexandre-Frédéric-Jacques) French Wikipedia, viewed October 24, 2024 (Alexandre Masson de Pezay; Alexandre-Frédéric-Jacques Masson, marquis de Pezay; French soldier, courtier and man of letters; born April 27, 1741, Versailles; he entered the second company of musketeers on April 2, 1759; having become a cornet in the régiment Royal-Étranger, he took part in the Seven Years' War; promoted to captain of the régiment de Chabot dragons in March 1763; chosen to teach military tactics to the Dauphin; by 1770 he was mestre de camp de dragons, and, at 32, chevalier de l'ordre de Saint-Louis; upon the succession of Louis XVI he was appointed inspecteur général des côtes; admitted as a corresponding member of Académie royale de marine in 1775; he was influential at court and with Louis XVI, but made powerful enemies and was exiled to Pezay, where he died on December 6, 1777) |
| Associated language | fre |
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