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Suzanne Necker.
Suzanne Necker.

Suzanne Necker

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Original name:
Suzanne Curchod
Born:
May 1739, Crassier, Switz.
Died:
May 6, 1794, Beaulieu, near Lausanne (aged 55)
Also Known As:
Suzanne Curchod
Notable Family Members:
daughter Germaine de Staël
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Suzanne Necker (born May 1739, Crassier, Switz.—died May 6, 1794, Beaulieu, near Lausanne) was a Swiss hostess of a brilliant Parisian salon and the wife of Jacques Necker, the finance minister under King Louis XVI of France.

At first she was engaged to the English historian Edward Gibbon, but his father broke off the match. In 1764 she married Necker, then a banker, and encouraged him in his political career. Her salon attracted such figures as the naturalist Georges Buffon and the authors Jean-François de La Harpe and Jean-François Marmontel. Madame Necker, who was the mother of Madame de Staël, also established a hospital in 1776. She wrote books and articles on literary and moral topics.

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