Claude Sallier

Claude Sallier (4 April 1685, in Saulieu – 6 September 1761, in Paris) was a French ecclesiastic and philologist, as well as professor of Hebrew at the Collège royal and garde des manuscrits of the Bibliothèque du Roi.

Claude Sallier
Born4 April 1685
Saulieu, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Died6 September 1761 (aged 76)
Paris, France
Occupationecclesiastic, philologist

France's first public library

Claude Sallier had an idea that was advanced for its era - to make culture accessible to all. From 1737 to 1750 he made books available to the town of Saulieu, forming France's first public library.

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