René Pomeau (20 February 1917 in Beautiran – 26 February 2000 in Clamart) was an eminent French scholar of eighteenth-century French literature generally recognised as one of the most expert authority on Voltaire by the time of his death in 2000. His son is Yves Pomeau. Biography René Pomeau was professor at the Sorbonne, member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, Institut de France and ultimately president of the Société Littéraire de la France. His greatest achievements were the four large volumes, Voltaire en son temps, published by the Voltaire Foundation between 1985 and 1994. Works Voltaire en son temps, 1995, Voltaire Foundation La religion de Voltaire L'Âge classique L'Europe des Lumières, cosmopolitisme et unité européenne au XVIIIe Laclos ou le paradoxe Avec Madame du Châtelet Beaumarchais ou la bizarre Destinée Notes External links Obituary: René Pomeau, The Guardian, Tuesday 7 March 2000 1917 births 2000 deaths Academic staff of the University of Paris French philologists