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the Week of Proper 5 / Ordinary 10
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Geoffrin, Marie Thérèse
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A French patroness of letters, born at Paris, the daughter of a valet-de-chambre; in her fifteenth year she married a wealthy merchant, whose immense fortune she inherited; her love of letters—which she cherished, though but poorly educated herself—and her liberality soon made her salon the most celebrated in Paris; the encyclopédists , Diderot, D'Alembert, and Marmontel, received from her a liberal encouragement in their great undertaking; Walpole, Hume, and Gibbon were among her friends; and Stanislas Poniatowsky, who became king of Poland, acknowledged her generosity to him by styling himself her son and welcoming her royally to his kingdom (1699-1777).
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Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Geoffrin, Marie Thérèse'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/g/geoffrin-marie-thacrase.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Geoffrin, Marie Thérèse'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/g/geoffrin-marie-thacrase.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
