Suzanne (Curchod) Necker
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Suzanne Curchod Necker
Necker, Suzanne Curchod, Madame (1739-94). She received an excellent education in ancient and modern literature, then married Jacques Necker. Their daughter became Germaine de Staël. Perhaps the last précieuse [see Preciosity], Necker ran a famous Paris salon where men of letters and politicians met. She wrote prolifically, despite her husband's objections to literary women. He published five volumes of her collected works posthumously (1798-1802).
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Necker, Suzanne (Curchod) (süzän' kürshō' nĕkĕr'), 1739-94, French writer; wife of Jacques Necker and mother of Mme de Staël. Her salon was frequented by celebrated Frenchmen and foreign visitors. A hospital that she founded c.1776 is still in existence. Her writings on literary and moral subjects include Des inhumations précipitées (1790), Réflexions sur le divorce (1794), and miscellaneous collections published as Mélanges in 1798 and 1801.
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