Gabrielle Emilie du Châtelet (1706 - 1749)

Short name Gabrielle Emilie du Châtelet
VIAF
First name Gabrielle Emilie
Birth name Châtelet
Married name
Alternative name Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil
Date of birth 1706
Date of death 1749
Flourishing -
Sex Female
Place of birth Paris
Place of death -
Lived in France , Paris
Place of residence notes
Mother
Father
Children
Religion / ideology
Education
Aristocratic title -
Professional or ecclesiastical title -
Gabrielle Emilie du Châtelet was ...
related to Marquise de Boufflers
Profession(s)
Memberships Accademia dell' Arcadia (Rome) , Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna
Place(s) of Residence France , Paris
Receptions of Gabrielle Emilie du Châtelet, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
Title Author Date Type
*Mention in Histoire litt. des femmes françaises Joseph de La Porte 1769 is biography of
Levensbyzonderheden van de Markgravinne du Châtelet Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1772 comments on person
Marquisinde Chatelet (by Claus Fasting) ~~editor male (name below) 1778 comments on person
*Reception of Du Châtelet Marquesa de Alorna 1800 comments on person
*Article dans Dictionnaire historique [..] Marguerite Ursule Fortunée Bernier Briquet 1804 is biography of
*Chapter in Le Plutarque des jeunes demoiselles Catherine-Joseph-Ferdinand de Propiac 1806 is biography of
*Article in De Tijd Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1865 mentions person
Madame du Chatelet Paul Jacquinet 1886 is biography of
*Mention in Histoire des femmes écrivains de la France Henri Carton 1886 is biography of
La Marquise du Chatelet J. Desplantes , P. Pouthier 1890 is biography of
Histoire de la littérature féminine en France Jean Larnac 1921 is biography of
Mentioned in: - La Porte 1769 IV 311-334 - Boudier de Villemert 1778 - Briquet 1804 - Jacquinet, Les femmes de France poètes et prosateurs, 1886 - Henri Carton, Histoire des femmes ecrivains de la France, 1886 - Desplantes et Pouthier, 1890 - Larnac, 1921 - Mitterand, Littérature XVIIIe 1987, p.119 (98, 110, 130, 283) - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992 - Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) II, 645. Cf. - Agnès Whitfield, "Emilie du Châtelet, traductrice de Newton, ou la 'traduction-confirmation'", in Jean Delisle (ed.), Portraits de traductrices. Ottawa, 2002, pp. 87-116. - Judith P. Zinsser, “The Marquise Du Châtelet: Legends and Legacies”, in ASECS 2006, Montreal: On the occasion of the Marquise Du Châtelet’s tercentenerary, it is appropriate that scholars revisit not only her innovative works as a physician/philosophe/geomètre but also the legends surrounding her life and accomplishments. For example, she is remembered more for the fifteen year liaison with Voltaire than for her original synthesis, the Institutions de Physique.
Died in childbirth, one week after giving birth to a supposedly illegitimate daughter (out of an affair with Jean François de Saint-Lambert). Zinsser (2006:278). Paris 17-12-1706 - ? 10-09-1749. Married 1725. Liaison (with Voltaire 1729, Jean François de Saint-Lambert 1748). 4 children (2 sons, 1 daughter, 1 illegitimate daughter). "figure de médiation, établissant des liens entre la culture anglaise et française, entre deux disciplines aujourd'hui séparées (la philosophie et la physique) ainsi qu'entre géomètres et gens de lettres" (summary of article of Judith P. Zinsser, "Entrepreneur of the 'Republic of Letters'", in French Historical Studies, 25, 2002, 595-624. To be considered as a scholar. Translator from English, Latin.