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Louis-Gabriel Du Buat-Nançay

1732 – 1787

French writer, diplomat and academic

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Lived 1732 – 1787 (aged 55). Louis-Gabriel Du Buat-Nançay was a French linguist, diplomat, translator, playwright, historian and writer.

Louis-Gabriel Du Buat-Nançay (; 2 March 1732, Tortisambert near Livarot – 18 September 1787, Nançay) was an 18th-century French playwright, historian and political writer.

Born in a noble family of Normandy, Du Buat-Nançay began his diplomatic career as an aide to Hubert de Folard (1709–1803), French ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire. He later became Minister of France in Dresden and Regensburg, then settled in Germany where he married; he spent his last years on his estate in Berry .

Main publications 1757: Les Origines, ou l’Ancien gouvernement de la France, de l’Allemagne, de l’Italie, etc., The Hague, 4 vol. in- 12; 1789, 3 vol. in-8° 1772: Histoire ancienne des peuples de l’Europe, Paris, Suard et Arnaud, 12 vol. in-12°; 1773: Éléments de la politique, ou Recherche des vrais principes de l'économie sociale, 6 vol. in-8°; 1778: les Maximes du gouvernement monarchique, 4 vol. in-8°, (against the book by Mey, Maultrot, Aubry). 1785: Lettre d’un anti-philosophe de province aux philosophes de la capitale. 1785: Remarques d'un Français; ou, Examen impartial du livre de M. Necker sur l'administration des finances de France, pour servir de correctif et de supplément à son ouvrage

He translated the Tableau du gouvernement actuel de l'Allemagne, ou Abrégé du droit public de l'Empire traduit de l'allemand, avec des notes historiques et critiques, par M***, Paris, veuve Bordelet, 1755, in-12°, by Johann Jakob Schmauss.

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French writer, diplomat and academic

When was Louis-Gabriel Du Buat-Nançay born?

Louis-Gabriel Du Buat-Nançay was born on 2 March 1732 in Tortisambert.

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Louis-Gabriel Du Buat-Nançay died on 18 September 1787 in Nançay.

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Louis-Gabriel Du Buat-Nançay was a linguist, diplomat, translator, playwright, historian and writer.

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Louis-Gabriel Du Buat-Nançay was French.

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