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Anne-Marie Bigot de Cornuel

French salon-holder (1605-1694)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 4, 2025
Entity authorityQ2850831 ↗
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Anne-Marie Bigot de Cornuel (1605–1694) was a French salonnière. After having been widowed in 1650, she established a famed literary salon in Paris. She was known for her witty remarks and was often quoted.

References

Reid, Joyce M.H.; Poggi, Luciano (2002). Diccionario de la literatura francesa. Gremese.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1605, 1694, 1650, 2002—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1605-11-29. The account is most persuasive where Anne-Marie, Bigot and Cornuel can be independently traced.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 4, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2850831. VIAF identifies the subject as 253411964. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1605, 1694, 1650 and 2002.

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This entry incorporates text from “Anne-Marie Bigot de Cornuel” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.