Claude Sallier
| Claude Sallier | |
|---|---|
| Born |
4 April 1685 Saulieu, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France |
| Died |
6 September 1761 (aged 76) Paris, France |
| Occupation | ecclesiastic, philologist |
Claude Sallier (4 April 1685, Saulieu - 6 September 1761, 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.
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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