Du Fresne de Francheville, Joseph, 1704-1781

LC control no.	n 87869480
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Personal name heading	Du Fresne de Francheville, Joseph, 1704-1781 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Dufresne de Francheville, Joseph, 1704-1781 De Francheville, Joseph du Fresne, 1704-1781 Fresne de Francheville, Joseph du, 1704-1781 Francheville, Joseph du Fresne de, 1704-1781 Francheville, M. de, 1704-1781
Other standard no.	000000007993288X 44396345
Birth date	17040418
Death date	17810809
Place of birth	Doullens (France)
Place of death	Berlin (Germany)
Field of activity	Archaeology History Finance Economics Journalism
Affiliation	Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany)
Profession or occupation	Archaeologists Historians Economists Journalists
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Found in	His L'espion turc à Francfort, 1741 (name not given) Voltaire. Le siecle de Louis XIV, 1753: title page (publié par M. de Francheville, conseiller-aulique de sa Majesté, & membre de l'Académie royale des sciences & belles-lettres de Prusse) Dict. de biog. française, 1933- (Dufresne de Francheville, Joseph; b. 1704, Doullens; d. 1781; published 3 volumes of a history of finances that remained incomplete; journalist, author of novel under the name Angilbert (Histoire des premières expéditions de Charlemagne); summoned to court of Frederick II in Prussia and became member of the Academy there: "Il a plu à Voltaire de publier la première édition du Siècle de Louis XIV sous le nom de Francheville, mais celui-ci n'en fut en aucune façon l'éditeur") Dictionnaire des journalistes, Feb. 13, 2014 (Joseph DUFRESNE DE FRANCHEVILLE (1704-1781); dedicated his novel Histoire des premières expéditions de Charlemagne to Frederick II, Nov. 29, 1740, and was summoned to Frederick's court; on his journey he stopped in Frankfurt am Main and witnessed the coronation of Charles VII as Emperor; published L'espion turc à Francfort in connection with this event; in 1751-1752, according to Voltaire's correspondence, he was occupied with editing tasks in connection with the publication of Le siecle de Louis XIV; Voltaire stayed with him in 1752-1753) BnF authorities, Feb. 13, 2014 (authorized access point: Du Fresne de Francheville, Joseph (1704-1781); born 1704-09-18, Doullens (Somme); died 1781-05-09, Berlin; scholar in archaeology, history, finances and political economy; resided in Prussia at court of Frederick II; member of the Academy of Berlin)
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