Jean-François Roger, sometimes called François Roger (17 April 1776,
Langres â€" 1 March 1842), was a French politician, journalist, poet
and dramatic author. During the Revolution, at 16 years of age, he and
his family were imprisoned for seventeen months for singing royalist
songs. He was a civil servant, and he entered l' University where he
published works of school literature. He was later appointed Professor
during the Empire and Restoration. He was elected member of the French
Academy, as a replacement for Suard, on 8 August 1817 and received by
the duke of Lévis on 30 November next. His election was widely
criticized. He was a member of the Commission of the Dictionary where
he fought the Lacretelle proposal, accepted Villemain and the count of
Holy-Aulaire and voted against Victor Hugo. He was one of the
companions of the “Lunch of the Fork†. Of his comic and lyric
works, sometimes written in collaboration with Etienne de Jouy, his
greatest success is a comedy in verse, in three acts: L'Avocat, played
for the first time at the Comédie-Française.
Langres â€" 1 March 1842), was a French politician, journalist, poet
and dramatic author. During the Revolution, at 16 years of age, he and
his family were imprisoned for seventeen months for singing royalist
songs. He was a civil servant, and he entered l' University where he
published works of school literature. He was later appointed Professor
during the Empire and Restoration. He was elected member of the French
Academy, as a replacement for Suard, on 8 August 1817 and received by
the duke of Lévis on 30 November next. His election was widely
criticized. He was a member of the Commission of the Dictionary where
he fought the Lacretelle proposal, accepted Villemain and the count of
Holy-Aulaire and voted against Victor Hugo. He was one of the
companions of the “Lunch of the Fork†. Of his comic and lyric
works, sometimes written in collaboration with Etienne de Jouy, his
greatest success is a comedy in verse, in three acts: L'Avocat, played
for the first time at the Comédie-Française.
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