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Claude Sallier
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| Born | 4 April 1685 Saulieu, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France |
| Died | 6 September 1761 (aged 76) Paris, France |
| Occupation | ecclesiastic, philologist |
Claude Sallier (4 April 1685, in Saulieu – 6 September 1761, in Paris) was a French ecclesiastic and philologist, as well as professor of Hebrew at the Collège royal and garde des manuscrits of the Bibliothèque du Roi.
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Sallier and Europe
France's first public library
Claude Sallier had an idea that was advanced for its era - to make culture accessible to all. From 1737 to 1750 he made books available to the town of Saulieu, forming France's first public library.
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