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Suzanne Curchod (1737 – 6 May 1794) was a French-Swiss salonist and writer. She hosted one of the most celebrated salons of the Ancien Régime. She also led the development of the Hospice de Charité, a model small hospital in Paris that still exists today as the Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital.
May 2, 2024 · Suzanne Necker (born May 1739, Crassier, Switz.—died May 6, 1794, Beaulieu, near Lausanne) was a Swiss hostess of a brilliant Parisian salon and the wife of Jacques Necker, the finance minister under King Louis XVI of France. At first she was engaged to the English historian Edward Gibbon, but his father broke off the match.
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Suzanne Necker, née Curchod, née le 2 juin 1737 1 à Crassier et morte le 6 mai 1794 à Beaulieu, est une femme de lettres et une salonnière franco- suisse 2 . Biographie. Monument de piété filiale érigé par Suzanne Curchod à ses parents (temple de Coppet ).
Suzanne Curchod, Madame Necker. Author; wife of Swiss banker Jacques Necker (q.v.) whom she married in 1764; she bore him a daughter, Anne Louise Germaine (who became a renowned author under the name of Madame de Staël); she encouraged the political career of her husband, persuading him to give up banking for public offices; she also held a ...
Suzanne (Curchod) Necker (süzän´ kürshō´ nĕkĕr´), 1739–94, French writer; wife of Jacques Necker and mother of Mme de Staël. Her salon was frequented by celebrated Frenchmen and foreign visitors. A hospital that she founded c.1776 is still in existence.
Suzanne Curchod (1737–94) was living at Lausanne when she agreed to marry the young Edward Gibbon, but the engagement was broken off. Employed as companion to the then fiancée of Jacques Necker (1732–1804), later the finance minister of Louis XVI, she married him in 1764.
French-Swiss essayist and salonnière. Name variations: Suzanne Curchod; Mme Necker. Born Suzanne Curchod in France, 1739; died 1794; dau. of Louis Curchod (pastor); grew up near Lausanne; m. Jacques Necker (Swiss banker and French finance minister), 1764; children: Germaine de Staël (1766–1817).
