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François-Louis, comte d’Escherny (1733–1815)
Escherny, François-Louis, comte d’ (āsh-ar-nē’). A French philosophical and historical essayist and critic; born in Neuchâtel, Nov. 24, 1733; died in Paris, July 15, 1815. He shows friendship to the French Revolution and the ideas of Rousseau, in ‘Equality’ (1796); ‘Philosophy of Politics’ (1798); ‘Historic Picture of the Revolution’ (1815); and other well-written books.