Jean-Baptiste Dureau de la Malle
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Jean-Baptiste Dureau de la Malle (27 November 1742, Ouanaminthe, Saint-Domingue
– 19 September 1807) was a French translator. The son of Laurent Dureau de la Malle and Elisabeth Sauvage, he married Elisabeth-Renée Maignon, who had also been born in Saint-Domingue, and their son was Adolphe Dureau de la Malle
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" in 1802 and of the Académie française
in 1804.
, came in 1776. He followed it in 1793 with a translation of Tacitus
– this made his reputation, was reprinted in 1808, 1816 and later, and was said by the Dictionnaire Bouillet to be the best translation of the works right up until the publication of that by Jean Louis Burnouf
.
Dureau de la Malle's translation of Sallust
appeared in 1808. His translation of Livy
was incomplete on his death and was completed by his son and by François Noël
and published posthumously in 15 volumes from 1810 to 1815.
Saint-Domingue
The labour for these plantations was provided by an estimated 790,000 African slaves . Between 1764 and 1771, the average annual importation of slaves varied between 10,000-15,000; by 1786 it was about 28,000, and from 1787 onward, the colony received more than 40,000 slaves a year...
– 19 September 1807) was a French translator. The son of Laurent Dureau de la Malle and Elisabeth Sauvage, he married Elisabeth-Renée Maignon, who had also been born in Saint-Domingue, and their son was Adolphe Dureau de la Malle
Adolphe Dureau de la Malle
Adolphe Jules César Auguste Dureau de la Malle was a French geographer, naturalist, historian and artist. He was the son of the scholar and translator Jean-Baptiste Dureau de la Malle.Dureau de la Malle published a number of works on the economy and topography of the classic countries, i.e...
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Life
Jean-Baptiste came to study in Paris and, freed from earning a living by his large fortune, devoted himself entirely to letters and made it his mission to meet the most distinguished French writers of the day. He was made a member of the "Corps législatifCorps législatif
The Corps législatif was a part of the French legislature during the French Revolution and beyond. It is also the generic French term used to refer to any legislative body.-History:The Constitution of the Year I foresaw the need for a corps législatif...
" in 1802 and of the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
in 1804.
Works
His first work, a translation of the De Beneficiis of Seneca the YoungerSeneca the Younger
Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero...
, came in 1776. He followed it in 1793 with a translation of Tacitus
Tacitus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors...
– this made his reputation, was reprinted in 1808, 1816 and later, and was said by the Dictionnaire Bouillet to be the best translation of the works right up until the publication of that by Jean Louis Burnouf
Jean Louis Burnouf
Jean-Louis Burnouf was a French philologist and translator.The son of a poor weaver who died early in Burnouf's life, leaving him an orphan, he was admitted to the collège d'Harcourt in Paris on a scholarship and in 1792 won its Université prix d'honneur. During the French Revolution, he made his...
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Dureau de la Malle's translation of Sallust
Sallust
Gaius Sallustius Crispus, generally known simply as Sallust , a Roman historian, belonged to a well-known plebeian family, and was born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines...
appeared in 1808. His translation of Livy
Livy
Titus Livius — known as Livy in English — was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people. Ab Urbe Condita Libri, "Chapters from the Foundation of the City," covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome well before the traditional foundation in 753 BC...
was incomplete on his death and was completed by his son and by François Noël
François Noël
François-Joseph-Michel Noël was a French humanist.-Life:A student then a professor at the collège Louis-le-Grand, Noël left his job at the outbreak of the French Revolution, collaborating on the journal la Chronique and going on several diplomatic missions.Named a member of the Tribunat, he left...
and published posthumously in 15 volumes from 1810 to 1815.
Source
- This page is a translation of its French equivalent.