Charles Batteux

French philosopher
Person human Q1063695

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[21]
Date of birth
May 6, 1713
Date of death
July 14, 1780
Place of birth
Vouziers
Place of death
Paris
Country of citizenship
France[10]
Position held
member of the Académie française[16]
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[31]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Family name
Batteux[22]
Given name
Charles[23]
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Writing language
French
🏷️ Also known as
en Abbe Charles Batteux en Abbé Charles Batteux en Charles Batteux cs Batteux ru Баттё ru Баттё Шарль ru Шарль Баттё sv Batteux sv Batteux, Charles
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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Académie française member ID
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Angelicum ID
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BIBSYS ID
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BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
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BVMC person ID
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Babelio author ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
118905556
Biblissima authority ID
Tonette
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British Museum person or institution ID
18701
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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CERL Thesaurus ID
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CONOR.SI ID
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CTHS person ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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Catalogue of the Capitular Library of Verona author ID
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Catholic Encyclopedia ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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ELNET ID
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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FAST ID
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Freebase ID
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Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
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Grove Art Online ID
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Grove Music Online ID
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Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
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IdRef ID
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IxTheo authority ID
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KBR person ID
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Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
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Kallías ID
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Levadia Library ID
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Libraries Australia ID
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Libris-URI
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NDL Authority ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NLB authority ID (Belarus)
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NSK (VIAF) ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Brazil ID
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National Library of Chile ID
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National Library of Greece ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
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National Library of Israel ID (old)
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
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National Library of Lithuania ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Library of Portugal ID
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National Library of Russia ID
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Notable Names Database ID
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Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
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Open Library ID
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OpenMLOL author ID
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Oxford Reference overview ID
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PUG authority ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
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Persée author ID
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Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
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Proleksis enciklopedija ID
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Québec cultural heritage directory people ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
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RILM ID
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SBN author ID
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SELIBR ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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Treccani ID
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Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
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Union List of Artist Names ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID
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Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
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Vatican Library VcBA ID
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Wellcome Collection concept ID
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Described by source 4
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Country of citizenship 1
Employer 1
Given name 1
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Place of death 1
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Summary

Charles Batteux was born on May 6, 1713[1], in Vouziers[2]. He died on July 14, 1780[3], in Paris[4]. He worked as an art historian[5], philosopher[6], professor[7], translator[8], and cleric[9].

FAQs

Where was Charles Batteux born?

Charles Batteux was born in Vouziers[2].

Where did Charles Batteux die?

Charles Batteux passed away in Paris[4].

What did Charles Batteux do for work?

Charles Batteux worked as an art historian[5], philosopher[6], professor[7], translator[8], and cleric[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . academie-francaise.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . academie-francaise.fr. Retrieved . academie-francaise.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . academie-francaise.fr. Retrieved . academie-francaise.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . list of professors at Collège de France. Retrieved . academie-francaise.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . academie-francaise.fr. Retrieved . academie-francaise.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . academie-francaise.fr. Retrieved . academie-francaise.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . academie-francaise.fr. Retrieved . academie-francaise.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . academie-francaise.fr. Retrieved . academie-francaise.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . VcBA (identifier). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . list of professors at Collège de France. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . academie-francaise.fr. Retrieved . academie-francaise.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . La France savante. Retrieved . cths.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . academie-francaise.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . academie-francaise.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Bug002 · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14977 → RETE007963
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  2. 28d ago · Maxime Ravel · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 17
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'la', 'pl', 'pt', '
    Position held → member of the Académie française
    NLB authority ID (Belarus) → SEK-ar12653271
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Position held: member of the Académie française"
  3. 7w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → art historian, philosopher, professor +7
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  4. 14w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Tonette
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  5. 16w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14611 → 137295
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  6. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Paris
    Writing language → French
    Artist files at → Frick Art Research Library
    Employer → —
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31699|batch #31699]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (1)"
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