Aimar-Charles-Marie de Nicolaï

Aimar-Charles-Marie Nicolaï (French pronunciation: [ɛmaʁ ʃaʁl maʁi də nikɔlaj]; 14 August 1747, Paris^[1] – 7 July 1794, Paris^[2]) was a French magistrate in the Ancien Régime of France. He was the first president of the Chambre des Comptes,^[3] and the seventh member elected to occupy seat 2 of the Académie française in 1788.

A portrait of Aimar-Charles -Marie Nicolaï

After giving praise to Louis XVI of France during his reception at the Academy, he was declared an enemy of the people and sentenced to death by guillotine in 1794.^[4]

References

1. Bois, François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye Des (1775). Dictionnaire de la noblesse (in French). chez la veuve Duchesne. p. 737. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
2. Douarche, Aristide (1905). Les tribunaux civils de Paris pendant la Révolution (1791-1800) [i.e. dix-sept cent et un à dix-huit cent]: documents inédits recueillis avant l'incendie du Palais de Justice de 1871 (in French). L. Cerf. p. 285. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
3. Roque, Louis de La (1860). Armorial de la noblesse de Languedoc... (in French). F. Seguin. p. 381. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
4. "Aimar-Charles-Marie de NICOLAÏ". www.academie-francaise.fr. Retrieved 27 February 2024.