About Nicolas La Grange
Lived 1707 – 1767 (aged 59–60). Nicolas La Grange was a French linguist, translator, writer and playwright.
Nicolas La Grange (1707–1775) was a French playwright and translator, notable for his 1768 translation of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura into French, and for several plays.
La Grange served as private tutor to the children of the French Enlightenment philosopher Baron d'Holbach and collaborated with Jacques-André Naigeon in translating the works of Seneca.
Works (selection) 1758: Oeuvres de théâtre de M. de La Grange. Duchesne, Paris 1770: Le bon tuteur, et l'indolent. Libr. assoc., La Haye 1772: Les contre-temps: Comédie.
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Who was Nicolas La Grange?
French playwright and translator
When was Nicolas La Grange born?
Nicolas La Grange was born in 1707 in Montpellier.
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Nicolas La Grange died in 1767 in Paris.
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Nicolas La Grange was a linguist, translator, writer and playwright.
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Nicolas La Grange was French.
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