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This is a list of members of the Académie française (French Academy) by seat number. The primary professions of the academicians are noted. The dates shown indicate the terms of the members, who generally serve for life. Some, however, were "excluded" during the reorganisations of 1803 and 1816 and at other times.
Pages in category "Members of the Académie Française" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 681 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Many notable French writers have not become members of the Académie Française. In 1855, the writer Arsène Houssaye devised the expression "forty-first seat" for deserving individuals who were never elected to the Académie, either because their candidacies were rejected, because they were never candidates, or because they died before ...
The Institut de France (French for 'Institute of France'; French: [ɛ̃stity də fʁɑ̃s]) is a French learned society, grouping five académies, including the Académie Française. It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention .
Léopold Sédar Senghor, [7] Senegalese poet, theoretician of Négritude, first President of Senegal (1960–80), and the first African to be elected as a member of the Académie française Ali-Akbar Siassi , Iranian intellectual and psychologist who served as the country's Foreign Minister, Minister of Education and Chancellor of the ...
Edme-Armand-Gaston, 1st Duke of Audiffret-Pasquier (21 October 1823, in Paris – 4 June 1905), known as Gaston Audiffret-Pasquier, was a French politician and member of the Académie française, Seat 16. He was preceded in his position by Félix Dupanloup and succeeded by Alexandre Ribot.
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Member of the Académie française Claude Jean Pierre Dagens ( French pronunciation: [klod ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ daʒɑ̃s] ; born 20 May 1940 in Bordeaux , Gironde ) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church .