Adrien-Michel-Hyacinthe Blin de Sainmore (15 February 1733, in Paris â 26 September 1807, in Paris) was an 18thâÂÂcentury French poet, playwright and historian.
Coming from a family that had been ruined by , Blin de Sainmore studied at , and sought in retirement and study consolation to the rigors of fortune.
He wrote several héroïdes and other poems such as Mort de lâÂÂamiral Bing, Sapho àPhaon, Biblis àCaunus, Gabrielle dâÂÂEstrées àHenri IV, Calas àsa femme et àses enfants, la Duchesse de la Vallière, etc.
His poems and one épitre àRacine were gathered in 1774 in 1 vol. In 1769, he gave a collection entitled lâÂÂÃÂlite des poésies fugitives, 3 vol. in-12, to which Luneau de Boisjermain added a 4th in 1773. He composed a tragedy entitled Orphanis , which was favorably received, but could not stay in the theater. He made several works, among others a Histoire de Russie, in 2 vol. with illustrations, in-4, and left several handbooks.
He was preparing to give a complete edition of his works when he died. He was a custodian and historian of the archives of ordres de Saint-Michel and du Saint-Esprit. A cofounder of the , he was appointed royal censor in 1776, and curator at Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal in 1800.