Anne Dacier

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AD , a Frenchwoman, was active as a classical scholar, editor, translator, and critic during the early eighteenth century. Her work and her reputation were well known in England.
Black and white engraved portrait of Anne Dacier. She is facing the viewer, though turned to her left a little. She wears a gown with lace detailing along the neckline and collar, with a head-dress attached at the back of her head; her hair is gathered there, and falls around her shoulders. Her expression is neutral.

Milestones

Shortly before 24 December 1645

Anne Le Fèvre (later Dacier) was born; this was the date of her baptism at the Protestant church at Is-sur-Tille near Dijon.
Many reference sources still (in 2016) give erroneous information about key dates in her life, including her birth date. The valuable entry by Caryl L. Lloyd , for instance, in the Dictionary of Literary Biography volume 313, Writers of the French Enlightenment, 2005, has her as born in 1647.
Spencer, Samia I., editor. Writers of the French Enlightenment I. Gale.
Itti, Eliane. “Tanneguy Le Fèvre et les époux Dacier entre mécénat privé et mécénat royal”. Littératures classiques. Les époux Dacier, edited by Christine Dousset-Seiden and Jean-Philippe Grosperrin, Honoré Champion, pp. 23-47.
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1711

AD tackled the summit of classical translation with her French rendering of Homer 's Iliad: L'Iliade d'Homère, traduite en françois avec des remarques.
Spencer, Samia I., editor. Writers of the French Enlightenment I. Gale.

17 August 1720

AD died of a stroke at the Louvre apartments that were her home.
Spencer, Samia I., editor. Writers of the French Enlightenment I. Gale.

Biography

Birth, Family, Early Years

Shortly before 24 December 1645

Anne Le Fèvre (later Dacier) was born; this was the date of her baptism at the Protestant church at Is-sur-Tille near Dijon.
Many reference sources still (in 2016) give erroneous information about key dates in her life, including her birth date. The valuable entry by Caryl L. Lloyd , for instance, in the Dictionary of Literary Biography volume 313, Writers of the French Enlightenment, 2005, has her as born in 1647.
Spencer, Samia I., editor. Writers of the French Enlightenment I. Gale.
Itti, Eliane. “Tanneguy Le Fèvre et les époux Dacier entre mécénat privé et mécénat royal”. Littératures classiques. Les époux Dacier, edited by Christine Dousset-Seiden and Jean-Philippe Grosperrin, Honoré Champion, pp. 23-47.
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