Charles François Lhomond

Statue of Charles François Lhomond in Chaulnes

Charles François Lhomond (1727 – December 31, 1794) was a French grammarian and educator who was a native of Chaulnes, Somme.

He attended classes at the Collège d'Inville in Paris, where he subsequently became dean of the school. Later he spent twenty years as an educator at the Collège du Cardinal-Lemoine in the Latin Quarter of Paris, and afterwards was professor emeritus at the University of Paris.

Lhomond is remembered for contributions made in the field of education, and penned several works on grammar, Roman history and religious history. His textbook, De viris illustribus urbis Romae a Romulo ad Augustum, was used for generations by French students learning Roman history and Latin.

Other works by Lhomond include:

• Éléments de grammaire française (Basics of French Grammar)
• Éléments de grammaire latine (Basics of Latin Grammar), (1779)
• Epitome historiae sacrae (1784)
• Histoire abrégée de l'Église (Abridged History of the Church)
• Histoire abrégée de la religion avant la venue de Jésus-Christ Abrégée (Abridged History of Religion prior to the Arrival of Christ)

In 1792 he was jailed for refusing to swear allegiance to the Civil Constitution du clergé, but was released shortly afterwards through intervention by Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767–1820), a former student of his at Collège du Cardinal-Lemoine. A statue of Lhomond by French sculptor Eugène-Louis Lequesne stands in his home town of Chaulnes.

References

• Epitome Historiae Sacræ (translated biography)

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Name	Lhomond, Charles Francois
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Date of birth	1727
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Date of death	December 31, 1794
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