Constantin-François de Chasseboeuf, comte de Volney
Contributions
- La loi naturelle, ou Catéchisme du Citoyen français has translation author
- Les ruines ou Méditation sur les révolutions des empires has translation author
- Réponse de Volney au docteur Priestley has translation author
- Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte, pendant les années 1783, 1784 et 1785 [...] par M. C.-F. Volney has translation author
Knows
- John Adams diplomat politician writer
- Joel Barlow diplomat entrepreneur freemason journalist poet politician translator writer
- Napoléon Bonaparte military politician writer
- Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville abolitionist bookseller entrepreneur pamphleteer politician publisher translator writer
- Pierre-Jean-Georges Cabanis philosopher scientist
- Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet abolitionist journalist philosopher politician scientist translator writer
- Antoine-Louis-Claude Destutt, comte de Tracy freemason military philosopher politician professor writer
- Pierre-Nicolas-Firmin Didot bookseller playwright politician publisher writer
- Charles-François Dupuis cleric jurist politician professor scientist
- Benjamin Franklin politician publisher writer
- Sophie de Grouchy, marquise de Condorcet salonnière translator writer
- Alexander Hamilton military politician
- Anne-Catherine Helvétius salonnière
- Paul Henri Dietrich d'Holbach philosopher
- Thomas Jefferson philosopher politician translator writer
- Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux politician writer
- André Morellet cleric economist philosopher teacher translator writer
- Elihu Palmer cleric journalist jurist philosopher writer
- Joseph Priestley philosopher scientist
- Pierre-Louis Roederer ambassador economist freemason historian journalist jurist pamphleteer politician writer
- Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre abolitionist engineer military philosopher spy traveller writer
- John Hurford Stone entrepreneur publisher writer
Member of
- Académie française academic institution
- Cercle d'Auteuil, Helvétius Salon salon
- De Condorcet, Sophie de Grouchy Salon salon
- Idéologues political organisation
- Institut national des Sciences et Arts academic institution
- Les Neuf Soeurs masonic lodge
- Sénat conservateur political institution
- Société des Amis des Noirs political organisation
Notes
Constantin-François Chasseboeuf took the name Volney (a contraction of Voltaire and Ferney out of admiration for the philosopher) when he left on his trip to the East in 1782