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Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (26 September 1723 – 19 December 1807) was a German-born French-language journalist, art critic, diplomat and contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.
Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm (born Sept. 26, 1723, Ratisbon—died Dec. 19, 1807, Gotha, Saxe-Gotha) was a critic of German descent who played an important part in the spread of 18th-century French culture throughout Europe. After studying in Leipzig, Grimm attached himself to the powerful Schönberg family.
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Friedrich Melchior Baron von Grimm; † 19. Dezember 1807 in Siebleben war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Journalist, Theater- und Musikkritiker und Diplomat in Paris. Grimm war Herausgeber der Correspondance littéraire, philosophique et critique, die eine vollständige Geschichte der französischen Literatur in den Jahren 1753 bis 1790 ...
La Correspondance littéraire, philosophique et critique was a cultural newsletter distributed between 1753 and 1790. Written and produced most famously by Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, the newsletter also included contributions from Denis Diderot and Madame d’Épinay.
Grimm incarnated the elegant, witty, cosmopolitan ideals of thought and expression of the time; he was an elitist writing to an elite audience. His Correspondance had a varied content, consisting of several pages of criticism of current works, polemical defenses of the philosophers, and short, original works.
FRIEDRICH MELCHIOR GRIMM, BARON VON (1723-1807), French author, the son of a German pastor, was born at Ratisbon on the 26th of December 1723. He studied at the University of Leipzig, where he came under the influence of Gottsched and of J. A. Ernesti, to whom he was largely indebted for his critical appreciation of classical literature.
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Grimm, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von, German writer on music; b. Regensburg, Sept. 25, 1723; d. Gotha, Dec. 19, 1807. He went to Paris in 1750 and remained there until the Revolution, frequenting literary and musical circles and taking an active part in all controversies.
