Jean-François-Henri Collot
French librettist and writer
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| Intro | French librettist and writer | |
| Places | France | |
| was | Writer Librettist Playwright Encyclopedist | |
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio Literature Social science Music | |
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| Birth | 26 January 1716 | |
| Death | 1 October 1802 (aged 86 years) |
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Biography
Jean-François-Henri Collot (Pont-d’Arches, near Charleville-Mézières 26 January 1716 – October 1804 in Mesnil, near Châlons-sur-Marne) was an 18th-century French homme de lettres and encyclopédiste.
Collot devoted to the cultivation of letters the leisure that allowed him the occupation of commissary of war, a position that he filled successively in Grenoble, Rennes and Nancy.
André-Joseph Collot was his brother.
Publications
- Mémoire sur les invalides, in Encyclopédie by Diderot, entry « invalides ». Collot proposes to distribute in rural communities invalids yet ready to marry and make their marriage a duty in order to repopulate the countryside.
- Mémoire sur la vie parmi les troupes, écrit de façon à être lu dans un couvent de religieuses, 1769, in-8°.
- Satires en vers sur les innovations dans le ministère, Bâle, 1774, in-8°.
- L’Officier français à l’armée, opéra comique mixed with ariettes, Grenoble, 1780, in-8°.
- Épître à M. Gellée, médecin à Châlons, en vers, dans l’Annuaire du département de la Marne, année 1803.