Claude-François-Xavier Millot (5 March 1726,
Ornans,
Doubs – 20 March 1785,
Paris) was a French churchman and historian.
Biography
Whilst still young Millot entered the
Jesuit order, teaching in many of their collèges, such as that at
Lyon where he taught rhetoric. Expelled for praising
Montesquieu, he left the Jesuits. Made grand-vicar by the
archbishop of Lyon, Millot wrote historical accounts and in 1768 received a chair in history at the collège de la Noblesse, founded at
Parma by the marquis of Felino. Received into the
Académie Française in 1777, he was made
preceptor to the
duc d'Enghien in 1778.
Works
Éléments de l'histoire de France, depuis
Clovis jusqu'à
Louis XV (1767–1769)
Élémens de l'histoire d'
Angleterre, depuis son origine sous les
Romains, jusqu'au regne de
George II. Paris, Durand, 1769. Trois volumes in-12, t. I : [3 (faux-titre, mention d'éditeur, titre)], [1 bl.], LI, [1 bl. (introduction, table)], 454, [3 (approbation, privilège, errata)], [3 bl.], [1 (suite du privilège)], [1 bl.] p., t. II : [3 (faux-titre, mention d'éditeur, titre)], [1 bl.], XII, 480, [1 (errata)], [1 bl.] p., t. III : [1 (faux-titre)], [1 bl.], [1 (titre)], [1 bl.], XII, 352, [1 (errata)], [1 bl.] p.
Éléments d'histoire générale ancienne et moderne (1772–1783)