Depuis ses débuts en cercle de neuf amis, ensuite organisée et élargie sous la tutelle du cardinal de Richelieu en 1634, l’Académie Française veille sur la qualité de la littérature et de la langue française jusqu’à nos jours. Voici de courtes biographies de tous les membres de l’Académie des années 1634-1886, rassemblées par l’historien français Charles Barthelémy (1825-1888) qui a aussi écrit une préface sur les débuts de cette illustre Académie. – Summary by Sonia
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