About Jean-Baptiste Gaut
Lived 1819 – 1892 (aged 72–73). Jean-Baptiste Gaut was a French journalist, writer, poet, librarian, curator and playwright.
Jean-Baptiste Gaut (1819–1891) was a French Provençal poet and playwright from Aix-en-Provence. He was a chief advocate of the Provençal language and the Félibrige movement. He was known as "Félibre Gaut."
Early life Jean-Baptiste Gaut was born on 2 April 1819 in Aix-en-Provence, France. His father, Jean-Joseph Gaut, was an arquebus manufacturer. His mother, Marguerite Bastienne Berthon, was the daughter of armourer Jean Berthon. He served as the Director of the Bibliothèque Méjanes from 1878 to 1891.
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French Provençal poet and playwright
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Jean-Baptiste Gaut was born on 2 April 1819 in Aix-en-Provence.
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Jean-Baptiste Gaut died in 1892 in Aix-en-Provence.
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Jean-Baptiste Gaut was a journalist, writer, poet, librarian, curator and playwright.
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Jean-Baptiste Gaut was French.
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