# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henri-de-catt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:34:26.933Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henri-de-catt"
name: "Henri de Catt"
slug: "henri-de-catt"
description: "Henri Alexandre de Catt, a Swiss scholar, was from 1758 the private secretary and close confidant of Frederick the Great of Prussia. He is often described as the king's \"reader\" (Vorleser), but in fact did not read anything out loud as such, but was engaged principally in correcting Frederick's pronunciation and written expression in French, his preferred language for general purposes. During this time de Catt kept a diary, which since its publication in 1885 has been the source of many episodes of Frederick's life and of things he said."
tagline: "Swiss private secretary of Frederick the Great (1725-1795)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Joseph_Bardou_%E2%80%93_Portr%C3%A4t_Henri_Alexandre_de_Catt_1780.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1725-06-25"
deathDate: "1795-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.541901333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Catt"
    title: "Henri de Catt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "هنرى دى كات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Catt"
    title: "Henri de Catt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Catt"
    title: "Henri de Catt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Catt"
    title: "Henri de Catt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Alexandre_de_Catt"
    title: "Henri Alexandre de Catt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%2C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%B4%D0%B5"
    title: "Катт, Анри Александр де"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118062"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump