Emilie du Châtelet
Standard Name: Châtelet, Emilie du
Used Form: Emilie du Chatelet
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Françoise de Graffigny | She became acquainted with most of the intellectual and cultural leaders of French society. She visited Voltaire
and Emilie du Châtelet
at Cirey in 1738-9. These two, as well as other Enlightenment figures such as... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Nancy Mitford | Her book covers the years 1733-1749, that is, the period of Voltaire
's involvement with Emilie du Châtelet
, up to the latter's death following childbirth. It uses then-unpublished letters. It has been variously assessed... |
Timeline
By 26 March 1741
Emilie du Chatelet
composed, within a month, a refutation to sexist attack by Jean-Baptiste Dortous de Mairin
, Secretary of the Académie Française
, on her Treatise on the Nature of Fire.
1758
Pierre-Joseph Boudier de Villemert
published, allegedly at Hamburg, a book called L'Ami des femmes, which remarked on the number and excellence of women writers in French.