Antoine-François Delandine

Antoine-François Delandine

Antoine-François Delandine (5 March 1756 – 5 May 1820), was a French writer.

Delandine was born in Lyon. A lawyer at the Parliament of Dijon and the Parliament of Paris, he made a brief political career during the French Revolution when he was elected to the Estates-General of 1789 as deputy of the Forez. He was imprisoned during the Reign of Terror because of his opposition to the Republicans. He survived and went on to become the director of the municipal library of Lyon.

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