Odet-Joseph Giry
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Joseph Giry Portrait
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Joseph Giry de Saint Cyr, also known as Odet-Joseph de Vaux de Giry (14 February 1699, Lyon – 13 January 1761, Versailles) was a French clergyman. His name remains associated with the "cacouacs", a mocking term for the Encyclopédistes.
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- 1699 births
- 1761 deaths
- French abbots
- People from Lyon
- Members of the Académie Française