Alexis Piron

(1689-1773)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Piron, Alexis, 1689-1773 LBT ID: AlPiron1773 VIAF ID: 76321392 LOC ID: n82164029	B/BAP: 1689-07-09 DIED: 1773-01-21
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French comic playwright; author of Arlequin-Ducalion (1722). He was elected to the French Academy in 1753 but forbidden to take his seat after the king was shown his “Ode à Priape.”
REFERENCES TO Alexis Piron: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1816 (I) Found 1: ¶ 39 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1860) Chapter 5 Found 1: ¶ 43