André Lefèvre (1717–1768)

André Lefèvre (4 May 1718 – 25 February 1768[1]) was an 18th-century French jurist and man of letters. A lawyer from 1739, Lefèvre wrote poetry and essays. He went to Paris and became tutor to the children of large families, especially the descendants of the house of Rochefoucauld.

André Lefèvre
Born4 May 1718 Edit this on Wikidata
Troyes Edit this on Wikidata
Died25 February 1768 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 49)
Paris Edit this on Wikidata

He contributed the articles « gouverneur », « faiblesse », « folie » and « gouvernante », to the Encyclopédie by Diderot and d'Alembert

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  • Pierre Larousse, Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe, vol. 10, Paris, Administration du grand Dictionnaire universel, (p. 1477).[failed verification]
  • John Lough, The Encyclopédie. Slatkine, Geneva (1971)(p. 51)

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