This religious & political figure created the Academie Francaise in 1635, & it's still around today
... France in the Seventeenth Century was dominated by its kings; Henry 
IV, ... King Henry IV was assassinated in 1610; L'Academie Francaise (The 
French... [DOC] [TLE] Julian Green, an Expatriate American Lionized as a French Literary ... [PAR] Aug 18, 1998 ... Mr. Green labored to create a distinctive style.