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Guy-Marie Deplace
1772–1843
A little-known French man of letters from the early 19th century, he moved between teaching, journalism, and literary debate. His surviving work points to a writer deeply engaged with language, public argument, and the intellectual life of Lyon.
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Observations grammaticales sur quelques articles du Dictionnaire du mauvais langage
by Guy-Marie Deplace
About the author
Born in Roanne on July 20, 1772, and dead in Lyon on July 16, 1843, he is described by French reference sources as a professor, publicist, and writer. He is also noted for having collaborated with Joseph de Maistre, which places him close to some of the major political and religious debates of his time.
His best-known surviving title today is Observations grammaticales sur quelques articles du Dictionnaire du mauvais langage (1810), a work that shows his interest in usage, grammar, and careful expression. Bibliographic records and digital library listings suggest a career shaped by both teaching and polemical writing rather than by a single famous book.
Although he is not widely read now, his profile offers a glimpse of a serious provincial intellectual working in post-Revolutionary France, where questions of language, faith, and public life were tightly connected. For listeners drawn to overlooked historical voices, he represents the kind of author whose work preserves the texture of everyday literary culture beyond the biggest names.