About Jean-Pierre de Bougainville
Lived 1722 – 1763 (aged 40). Jean-Pierre de Bougainville was a French philologist, historian and archaeologist.
Jean-Pierre de Bougainville (1 December 1722, in Paris – 22 June 1763, in Loches) was a French writer and the elder brother of the explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville. He was elected to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1746 and he became Permanent Secretary in 1754, the same year he rose to the Académie française.
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Who was Jean-Pierre de Bougainville?
French philologist (1722-1763)
When was Jean-Pierre de Bougainville born?
Jean-Pierre de Bougainville was born on 1 December 1722 in Paris.
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Jean-Pierre de Bougainville died on 22 June 1763 in Loches.
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Jean-Pierre de Bougainville was a philologist, historian and archaeologist.
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Jean-Pierre de Bougainville was French.
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