See also:

• MARIE

MARIE THERESE RODET See also:

• MARIE THERESE RODET GEOFFRIN (1699-1777)

GEOFFRIN (1699-1777)  , a Frenchwoman who played an interesting See also:

• PART

part in See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• LITERARY

literary and See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic See also:

• LIFE

life, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris n [699 . She married, on the 19th of See also:

• JULY

July 1713, See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois See also:

• GEOFFRIN, MARIE THERESE RODET (1699-1777)

Geoffrin, a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich manufacturer and See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel of the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Guard, who died in 175o . It was not till Mme Geoffrin was nearly fifty years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age that we begin to hear of her as a See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in Parisian society . She had learned much from Mme de See also:

• TENCIN, CLAUDINE ALEXANDRINE GUERIN DE (1681-1749)
• TENCIN, PIERRE GUERIN DE (1679-1758)

Tencin, and about 1748 began to gather See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round her a literary and artistic circle . She had every See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week two dinners, on See also:

• MONDAY (in O.E. Monandaeg, the moon's day, a translation of the Late Lat. Lunae dies, from which the French lundi is taken)

Monday for artists, and on Wednesday for her See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends the Encyclopaedists and other men of letters . She received many foreigners of distinction, See also:

• HUME, ALEXANDER (c. 1557-1609)
• HUME, DAVID (1711-1776)
• HUME, JOSEPH (1777-1855)

Hume and See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace See also:

• WALPOLE, HORATIO
• WALPOLE, SIR SPENCER (1839-1907)

Walpole among others . Walpole spent much See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in her society before he was finally attached to Mme du See also:

• DEFFAND, MARIE ANNE DE

Deffand, and speaks of her in his letters as a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model of See also:

• COMMON

common sense . She was indeed somewhat of a small See also:

• TYRANT (Gr. r6pavvos, master, ruler)

tyrant in her circle . She had adopted the pose of an old woman earlier than necessary, and her coquetry, if XI . 20 a such it can be called, took the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of being See also:

• MOTHER

mother and See also:

• MENTOR

mentor to her guests, many of whom were indebted to her generosity for substantial help . Although her aim appears, to have been to have the Encyclopedie in conversation and See also:

• ACTION

action around her, she was extremely displeased with any of her friends who were so rash as to incur open disgrace . See also:

• MARMONTEL, JEAN FRANCOIS (1723-1799)

Marmontel lost her favour after the See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official censure of Belisaire, and her advanced views did not prevent her from observing the forms of See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion .

A devoted Parisian, Mme Geoffrin rarely See also:

• LEFT

left the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, so that her See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland in 1766 to visit the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, Stanislas See also:

• PONIATOWSKI
• PONIATOWSKI, JOSEPH ANTHONY (1763-1813)

Poniatowski, whom she had known in his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early days in Paris, was a See also:

• GREAT

great event in her life . Her experiences induced a sensible gratitude that she had been born " Francaise " and " particuliere." In her last illness her daughter, Therese, marquise de la Ferte Imbault, excluded her mother's old friends so that she might See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die as a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian, a proceeding wittily described by the old See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady: " My daughter is like See also:

• GODFREY, SIR EDMUND BERRY (1621-1678)

Godfrey de See also:

• BOUILLON

Bouillon, she wished to defend my See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb from the infidels." Mme Geoff rin died in Paris on the 6th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1777 . See See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence inedite du roi Stanislas Auguste Poniatowski et de Madame Geoffrin, edited by the See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

comte de 1\,Iouy (1875) ; P. de See also:

• SEGUR
• SEGUR, LOUIS PHILIPPE, COMTE DE (1753-1830)
• SEGUR, PHILIPPE HENRI, MARQUIS DE (1724-18o1)
• SEGUR, PHILIPPE PAUL, COMTE DE (1780-1873)

Segur, Le Royaume de la See also:

• RUE (Fr. rue, Lat. ruta, from Gr. pur)

rue See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint-Honore, Madame Geoffrin et sa fille (1897) ; A . Tornezy, Un See also:

• BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

Bureau d'esprit au X VIIIe siecle: le See also:

• SALON

salon de Madame Geoff rin (1895) ; and See also:

• JANET, PAUL (1823—1899)

Janet Aldis, Madame Geoffrin, her Salon and her Times, 1750-1977 (1905) .