| Short name |
Octavie Belot |
| VIAF |
|
| First name |
Octavie |
| Maiden name |
|
| Married name |
|
| Alternative name |
Octavie Guichard
,
Octavie du Rey de Meynières
,
Octavie Bellot
,
Octavie Durey de Meinières
|
| Date of birth |
1719 |
| Date of death |
1804 |
| Flourishing |
- |
| Sex |
Female |
| Place of birth |
Paris |
| Place of death |
France |
| Lived in |
Paris
,
France
|
| Place of residence notes |
|
| Related to |
Anne-Catherine de Ligniville d'Autricourt
,
Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni
|
| Bibliography |
Mentioned in:
- La Porte 1769 V, 258-291 (see hyperlink for list)
- Boudier de Villemert 1779
- Briquet 1804
- MMF
- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "The first of her two published essays is a criticism of Rousseau's discourse on equality, an his idealization of natural life". |
| Provisional Notes |
Voisine de quartier de Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni (cf Girou-Swiderski) elle appelle Mme Helvetius "l'Arthemise de notre siecle" (dans lettre a Devaux 28-3-1772) autre lettre au meme (28-7-1772) sur la meme: [..] Nous nous voyons assez ouvent, pour des etres egalement farouches. [...] (Corr.gen Helvetius, t.III p.411)
Lived in Chaillot, died in Chaillot.
Widowed, remarried to Durey de Meinières, widowed.
Translator from English (Johnson, Hume - source: Briquet) |