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Claude Sallier

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Claude Sallier
Born4 April 1685
Saulieu, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Died6 September 1761 (aged 76)
Paris, France
Occupationecclesiastic, philologist

Claude Sallier (4 April 1685, Saulieu - 6 September 1761, Paris) was a French ecclesiastic and philologist, as well as professor of Hebrew at the Collège royal and garde des manuscrits of the Bibliothèque du Roi.

Biography

Sallier and Europe

France's first public library

Claude Sallier had an idea that was advanced for its era - to make culture accessible to all. From 1737 to 1750 he made books available to the town of Saulieu, forming France's first public library.

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