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Sophie de Condorcet (Meulan, 1764 – Paris, 8 September 1822), also known as Sophie de Grouchy and best known and styled as Madame de Condorcet, was a prominent French salon hostess from 1789 to the Reign of Terror, and again from 1799 until her death in 1822.
In 1786 Condorcet married Sophie de Grouchy, who was more than twenty years his junior. Sophie, reckoned one of the most beautiful women of the day, became an accomplished salon hostess as Madame de Condorcet, and also an accomplished translator of Thomas Paine and Adam Smith. She was intelligent and well educated, fluent in both English and ...
Grouchy (or de Grouchy) is a French surname. Johannes de Grocheio (Johannes de Grocheio) (c. 1255 – c. 1320), French musical theorist; Jean de Grouchy (1354 - 1435), knight at the time of the Hundred Years' War; Sophie de Condorcet (Sophie de Condorcet) (1764 - 1822), born Marie-Louise-Sophie de Grouchy, French writer and wife of Nicolas de ...
Additionally, Condorcet was a vocal proponent of women's rights during the Revolution. He collaborated closely with his wife, Sophie de Condorcet, in advocating for gender equality and women's inclusion in civil and political life. Their joint efforts, including Sophie's active participation in political discussions and writing, helped to ...
Marie-Jeanne "Manon" Roland de la Platière (Paris, March 17, 1754 – Paris, November 8, 1793), born Marie-Jeanne Phlipon, and best known under the name Madame Roland [note 1] was a French revolutionary, salonnière and writer. Her letters and memoirs became famous for recording the state of mind that conditioned the events leading to the ...
Louise Rose Babaud de la Chaussade; Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Chaussard; Claude François Chauveau-Lagarde; Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin; Claude Cholat; Louis Saint Ange Morel, chevalier de la Colombe; Sophie de Condorcet; Abbé de Coulmier; Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis; Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
One of New Orleans' tallest buildings has become a danger in the decades since it was erected in the 1960s. While the $15.5 million building had a few residential units, it was mainly designed for ...
Nina de Callias; Georges Callot; Marguerite Charpentier; Claude Catherine de Clermont; Louise Colet; Sophie de Condorcet; Anne-Marie Bigot de Cornuel; The Countess (courtesan) Marie Sophie de Courcillon; Marquise de Créquy; Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis; Anne-Charlotte de Crussol de Florensac; Suzanne Curchod