Jean-Baptiste-Christophe Grainville

Jean-Baptiste-Christophe Grainville (15 March 1760 in Lisieux – 13 December 1805 id.) was an 18th-century French poet.
Grainville was a lawyer at the Parlement de Rouen, but fatigue caused by the profession determined him to practised for a brief period only. He retired to his hometown and dedicated himself to literary works and the pleasure of hunting for which he had a passionate taste. He made himself known in literature. He contributed many articles to the "Journal encyclopédique", the "Magasin encyclopédique", "Le Mercure de France", the "Journal littéraire" by François Clément, and the "Courrier des Spectacles".
He was a member of the académies of Caen, Rouen, Bordeaux, and Accademia degli Arcadi. He died of a chest illness.
Works.
According to Winkelmann, he had started the publication of a "Choix de Monuments inédits", but only two installments were published (1789).
Grainville left some manuscripts: