Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Crébillon père
Born January 13, 1674 • Dijon • France
Died June 17, 1762 (aged 88) • Paris • France
Notable Family Members son Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon
Life-sized plaster sculpture Seated Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon shows Voltaire draped in a robe, seated with a thoughtful expression and a ribbon crown, against a dark background.
Voltaire
French philosopher and author
French dramatist Jean Racine
Jean Racine
French dramatist
default image
Pierre Corneille
French poet and dramatist
Marivaux, Pierre
Pierre Marivaux
French author
Ducis, portrait by François Gérard
Jean-François Ducis
French dramatist
default image
Népomucène Lemercier
French author
default image
Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin
French author
Hervieu, Paul
Paul Hervieu
French author
default image
Jean de La Taille
French author
Robert Garnier, detail of an engraving
Robert Garnier
French dramatist
Louis-Sébastien Mercier
Louis-Sébastien Mercier
French author
default image
Étienne Jodelle
French author
default image
Marc-Antoine de Muret
French author
default image
Théophile de Viau
French author
default image
Jacques Grévin
French author
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
French author
François Mauriac
François Mauriac
French author
Eugène Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco
French dramatist
Romains
Jules Romains
French author