François Tallemant the Elder explained

François Tallement (1620, La Rochelle – 6 May 1693, Paris) was a French churchman and translator. He is often known as l'Aîné (the Elder) to distinguish him from his cousin Paul Tallement le Jeune.

Biography

The brother of Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, he was almoner to Louis XIV for 24 years, then first almoner to Madame. He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1651. Paul Pellisson said of him "He had a mind, he did not even miss knowing.",^[1] whilst one historian in the Académie stated:

Works

We have two translations by him (adjudged mediocre by his contemporaries):

Vies des hommes illustres from Plutarch, in six volumes (1663–65)
Histoire de Venise by Giovan Battista Nani, in 4 volumes (1689)

His other works are six discourses he made in the Académie. In one of these he declares:

References

"Il avoit de l'esprit, il ne manquoit pas même de savoir." – Paul Pellisson, Histoire de l'Académie françoise, volume I, p. 366 (1653)

External links

Académie française