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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. With the failure of his planned academy, he returned to France in 1786.[14]

References

  1. ^ Roberts, John G (April 1942). "François Quesnay's Heir". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 50 (2). Virginia Historical Society: 143–150. JSTOR 4245161.
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  3. ^ Roberts, John G. (April 1942). "An Exchange of Letters between Jefferson and Quesnay de Beaurepaire". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 50 (2). Virginia Historical Society: 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. 63 (3). Virginia Historical Society: 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. 92 (3). Virginia Historical Society: 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.
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  8. ^ Hale, George E. (February 1914). "National Academies and the Progress of Research". Science. New Series. 39 (997). America Association for the Advancement of Science: 189–200. 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. 8 (2). History of Education Society: 229–245. doi:10.2307/367354. JSTOR 367354.
  10. ^ Cutting, Starr Willard (February 1918). "Modern Languages in the General Scheme of American Education". Monatshefte für deutsche Sprache und Pädagogik. 19 (2). University of Wisconsin Press: 25–34. JSTOR 30167936.
  11. ^ Schinz, Albert (1917). "La librairie française en Amérique au temps de Washington". Revue d'Histoire littéraire de la France. 24 (4). Presses Universitaires de France: 568–584. JSTOR 40518042.
  12. ^ "An Early Chapter in American Art History". Art and Progress. 6 (6). The American Foundation of Arts: 208. April 1915. JSTOR 20561437.
  13. ^ Smith, Harlan I. (May 1901). "A Summary of Wisconsin Archeology". Science. New Series. 13 (333). American Association for the Advancement of Science: 794–795. doi:10.1126/science.13.333.794-a. JSTOR 1627839. PMID 17752196.
  14. ^ Raleigh Lewis Wright (1983). Artists in Virginia before 1900: an annotated checklist. University Press of Virginia. ISBN 978-0-8139-0998-1.