Claude Brossette

Claude Brossette, seigneur de Varennes d'Appetour (born 7 or 8 November 1671, Theizé - died 18 June 1743, Lyonnais) was a French lawyer, writer and academic. He was a prominent figure in Lyon’s cultural and legal life in the early 18th century and contributed significantly to the provincial intellectual network of the Enlightenment.[1]

Biography

Claude Brossette was educated at the Collège de la Trinité in Lyon and joined the Jesuits before turning to law.[1]

He practiced as a lawyer at the Parlement of Paris before serving as avocat général in Lyon. He held several administrative positions, including administrator of the Hôtel-Dieu (1722–1724), rector of the Hôpital de la Charité in Lyon (1727), and alderman of the city of Lyon (1730–1731). In 1700 he founded the Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Lyon, where he remained a bibliothecarian until 1743, and whose secretary he was appointed in 1724.[2]

In 1706, at age 35, he married Marguerite Chavagny. The couple had two sons and two daughters. His wife died in 1716, The family primarily resided not at Rapetour, but in the village house known as Beauvallon.

Brossette authored works on law and produced several editions. He maintained an extensive correspondence with Academy President Bouhier, Abbot Olivet and Father Vanière from Toulouse. Between 1699 and 1710 he was a regular correspondent of Paris poet and satirist Boileau, whose works he edited with commentaries. Their correspondence was published in 1770 by François Louis Cizeron Rival. He was acquainted with François de Lamoignon and Bernard de La Monnoye from the Académie Française, and with Jean-Baptiste Rousseau. Later his reach widened; he exchanged point of views with Voltaire, Louis Racine, Abbot Lenglet-Dufresnoy, Déon, and Father Brumoy.[3][4]

Works

  • Histoire Abrégée ou éloge historique de la ville de Lyon, 1711[5]
  • Editions of Boileau, Molière

References

  1. ^ a b "Académie". academie-sbla-lyon.fr. Retrieved 2026-03-20.
  2. ^ "CTHS - BROSSETTE Claude". cths.fr. Retrieved 2026-03-20.
  3. ^ Cizeron, Rival; François, Louis (1858). Correspondance de Boileau avec Claude Brossette. Paris: J. Techener.
  4. ^ Bonnefon, Paul (1910–1911). Correspondance de Jean-Baptiste Rousseau et de Brossette. Paris: Société nouvelle de librairie.
  5. ^ Claude BROSSETTE • Histoire abrégée ou Eloge historique de la ville de Lion [LYON]. [ensemble] Réduction des conseillers à un prévôt des marchands et quatre échevins • 1711 – Edition-Originale.com.


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