Louis de Courcillon [SEP] place of death
Louis de Courcillon
Louis de Courcillon, known as the abbé de Dangeau (January 1643, Paris - 1 January 1723, Paris) was a French churchman and grammarian, best known for being the first to describe the nasal vowels in the French language. He was a younger brother of Philippe de Courcillon de Dangeau.
Works.
- "Nouvelle métode de géografie historique pour apprendre facilement et retenir la géografie moderne et l'anciène, l'histoire moderne et l'anciène, le gouvernement des états, les intérêts des princes, leurs généalogies
Philippe de Courcillon
Philippe de Courcillon, Marquis de Dangeau (21 September 1638 – 9 September 1720) was a French officer and author.
Born in Dangeau, he is most remembered for keeping a diary from 1684 until the year of his death. These "Memoirs", which, as Saint-Simon said "of an insipidity to make you sick", contain many facts about the reign of Louis XIV.
Biography.
Brother of Louis de Courcillon de Dangeau, he was born into a Calvinist family