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Geoffrin, Marie-Thérèse (Marie-Thér

GEOFFRIN, MARIE-THÉRèSE (Marie-Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin; 1699–1777), French Enlightenment salonnière ('host of literary salons'). Mme Geoffrin hosted intellectual conversations for important philosophes (writers and thinkers of the French Enlightenment), artists, musicians, and writers on Mondays and Wednesdays at her home on the fashionable rue Saint-Honoréin Paris. Born in Paris, the daughter of a valet to the dauphine and orphaned in her youth, Marie-Thérèse was raised by her grandmother, Mme Chemineau, who valued self-education. She prepared Marie-Thérèse religiously, morally, and socially for society. Although pedagogy did not concern Chemineau, she cultivated independent thought and reason in her granddaughter, characteristics later integral to the foundation of her renowned salon.

On 19 July 1713, the aging, and thus concerned, Chemineau, married fourteen-year-old Marie-Thérèse to the fifty-year-old Peter Francis Geoffrin, a wealthy manufacturer, and the prestigious d

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A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Geoffrin, Marie Theresa Rodet

GEOFFRIN, MARIE THERESA RODET,

Born in 1699. She was a woman alike distinguished by her qualities of mind and heart, who, during half a century, was the ornament of the most polite and cultivated societies in Paris. An orphan from the cradle, she was educated by her grandmother, and early accustomed to think and judge justly. She afterwards became the wife of a man, of whom nothing can be said, excepting that he left her in possession of a considerable fortune, which she employed partly in assisting the needy, partly in assembling around her a select circle of distinguished persons. Her benevolence was exerted in a touching and delicate manner. An attentive study of mankind, enlightened by reason and justice, had taught Madame Geoffrin that men are more weak and vain than wicked; that it is necessary to overlook the weakness, and bear with the vanity of others, that they, in turn, may bear with ours. Her favourite maxim, therefore, was, "Give and forgive."

From her very childhood she was of a

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Marie Thérèse Geoffrin

French salon holder, leading female figure in the French Enlightenment

Marie Thérèse Geoffrin
Presumed Portrait of Madame Geoffrin.
Born	Marie Thérèse Rodet (1699-06-26)26 June 1699 Paris, France
Died	6 October 1777(1777-10-06) (aged 78) Paris, France
Spouse	Pierre François Geoffrin
Children	2
Parent(s)	Pierre Rodet Angélique Thérèse Chemineau

Marie Thérèse Geoffrin (French pronunciation:[maʁiteʁɛzʁɔdɛʒɔfʁɛ̃], née Rodet; 26 June 1699 – 6 October 1777) was a French salon holder who has been referred to as one of the leading female figures in the French Enlightenment. From 1750 to 1777, Madame Geoffrin played host to many of the most influential Philosophes and Encyclopédistes of her time.

Her association with several prominent dignitaries and public figures from across Europe has earned Madame Geoffrin international recognition. Her patronage and dedication to both the philosophical men of letters and talented artists that frequented her house is emblematic of her role as guide and protector