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Gaspard Abeille

Gaspard Abeille
Abeille portrait, anonymous artist, circa 1704

Gaspard Abeille (Riez, 1648 – Paris, 22 May 1718) was a French lyric and tragic poetry poet.[1] He received the title of Abbé and in 1704 was elected a member of the Académie française. His brother Scipion was also a poet and a surgeon.

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References

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  1. ^ Hawkins, Frederick (1970). Annals of the French Stage. Haskell House Publishers. pp. 98–99.
  2. ^ Shakespeare, William (1889). The Works of William Shakespeare. Scribner and Welford. p. 220.