About Pierre d'Espagnac
Lived 1650 – 1689 (aged 38–39). Pierre d'Espagnac was a catholic priest.
Siamese attack on du Bruant in Tavoy, in which the Chevalier de Beauregard and the Jesuit Pierre d'Espagnac were captured and enslaved.
Pierre d'Espagnac, sometimes Pierre d'Espagnal (1650–1689) was a French Jesuit missionary in Siam (modern Thailand) during the 17th century.
Pierre d'Espagnac was a member of a mission of 14 Jesuit scientists sent to Siam by Louis XIV, under the guidance of Father Guy Tachard. As the others, he was given the title of "royal mathematician" and was sponsored by the Académie française. D'Espagnac left Brest in March 1687 together with the Loubère–Céberet mission to Siam. , and soon died (a year later) in slavery.
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Who was Pierre d'Espagnac?
French Jesuit
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Pierre d'Espagnac was born in 1650.
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Pierre d'Espagnac died in 1689.
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Pierre d'Espagnac was a catholic priest.
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