Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright (born 1723)

Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm

German journalist, art critic, and diplomat (1723–1807)

Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm was a German-born French-language journalist, art critic, diplomat and contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. In 1765 Grimm wrote Poème lyrique, an influential article for the…