Joseph Droz
Deceased Person
1773 – 1850
Who was Joseph Droz?
François-Xavier-Joseph Droz was a French writer on ethics, political science and political economy.
He was born at Besançon, where his family had supplied many notable members of the legal profession. Droz's own legal studies led him to Paris in 1792; he arrived the day after the dethronement of King Louis XVI of France, and was present during the massacres of September. On the declaration of war he joined the volunteer battalion of the Doubs, and for the next three years served in the Army of the Rhine. Discharged on health grounds, he obtained a much more congenial post in the newly founded école centrale of Besançon; and in 1799 he made his first appearance as an author by an Essai sur l'art oratoire, in which he acknowledges his indebtedness more especially to Hugh Blair.
Moving to Paris in 1803, he became friendly not only with the like-minded Ducis, but also with the sceptical Cabanis; and it was on this philosopher's advice that, in order to catch the public ear, he produced the romance of Lina, which Sainte-Beuve has characterized as a mingled echo of Florian and Werther.
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- Born
- Dec 31, 1773
Besançon - Also known as
- Francois-Xavier-Joseph Droz
- Died
- Nov 9, 1850
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on July 23, 2013
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