Alexandre-Marie Quesnay de Beaurepaire
Born(1755-11-26)November 26, 1755
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War
RelationsFrançois Quesnay

Alexandre-Marie Quesnay de Beaurepaire (1755–1820[1]) was the grandson of French philosopher and economist, François Quesnay, and was among the idealistic French contingency who joined in the American struggle for independence during the late 18th century.[2]

Quesnay de Beaurepaire is best known for occupying several positions: a captain in the Royal Guards of Louis XVI, French captain (with residence in Virginia) in the American Revolutionary War Army (April 1777 – 1778) and co-patron, alongside Thomas Jefferson, of the short-lived first United States Academy of Science & Arts in Richmond, Virginia.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] During his time in the United States he lived variously in Gloucester County, Virginia; Philadelphia; New York City; and Richmond, Virginia. He returned to France in 1786 and continued to enlist vast support for the academy. With the fall of the Bastille, and the coming of the French revolution, his efforts to create a French/American academy were permanently ended.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Roberts, John G (April 1942). "François Quesnay's Heir". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Virginia Historical Society. 50 (2): 143–150. JSTOR 4245161.
  2. ↑ Duveen, Denis I.; Herbert S. Klickstein (July 1955). "The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography". 63 (3). Virginia Historical Society: 280–285. JSTOR 4246133. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ↑ Roberts, John G. (April 1942). "An Exchange of Letters between Jefferson and Quesnay de Beaurepaire". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Virginia Historical Society. 50 (2): 134–142. JSTOR 4245160.
  4. ↑ Duveen & Klickstein, Denis I. and Herbert S. (July 1955). "Alexandre-Marie Quesnay De Beaurepaire's: Mémoire et prospectus, concernant l'Académie des Sciences et Beaux Arts des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique, établie à Richemond, 1788". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Virginia Historical Society. 63 (3): 280–285. JSTOR 4246133.
  5. ↑ Shawen, Neil McDowell (July 1984). "Thomas Jefferson and a "National" University: The Hidden Agenda for Virginia". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Virginia Historical Society. 92 (3): 309–335. JSTOR 4248729.
  6. ↑ Gaines, Richard Heyward. "Richmond's First Academy projected by M. QUESNAY DE BEAUREPAIRE". New River Notes. Jeffrey C. Weaver, Arlington, Virginia.
  7. ↑ Davis, Richard B. (1961). "Jefferson as Collector of Virginiana". Studies in Bibliography. Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. 14: 117–144. JSTOR 40371301.
  8. ↑ Hale, George E. (February 1914). "National Academies and the Progress of Research". Science. New Series. America Association for the Advancement of Science. 39 (997): 189–200. Bibcode:1914Sci....39..189E. doi:10.1126/science.39.997.189. JSTOR 1640770. PMID 17747741.
  9. ↑ Paulston, Roland G (Summer 1968). "French Influence in American Institutions of Higher Learning, 1784–1825". History of Education Quarterly. History of Education Society. 8 (2): 229–245. doi:10.2307/367354. JSTOR 367354. S2CID 147184835.
  10. ↑ Cutting, Starr Willard (February 1918). "Modern Languages in the General Scheme of American Education". Monatshefte für deutsche Sprache und Pädagogik. University of Wisconsin Press. 19 (2): 25–34. JSTOR 30167936.
  11. ↑ Schinz, Albert (1917). "La librairie française en Amérique au temps de Washington". Revue d'Histoire littéraire de la France. Presses Universitaires de France. 24 (4): 568–584. JSTOR 40518042.
  12. ↑ "An Early Chapter in American Art History". Art and Progress. The American Foundation of Arts. 6 (6): 208. April 1915. JSTOR 20561437.
  13. ↑ Smith, Harlan I. (May 1901). "A Summary of Wisconsin Archeology". Science. New Series. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 13 (333): 794–795. Bibcode:1901Sci....13..794S. doi:10.1126/science.13.333.794-a. JSTOR 1627839. PMID 17752196. S2CID 5407573.
  14. ↑ Raleigh Lewis Wright (1983). Artists in Virginia before 1900: an annotated checklist. University Press of Virginia. ISBN 978-0-8139-0998-1.
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