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Jacques Auguste de Thou
Jacques Auguste de Thou (Thuanus) (8 October 1553, Paris – 7 May 1617, Paris) was a French historian, book collector and president of the Parlement de Paris.
Life.
Jacques Auguste de Thou was the grandson of Augustin de Thou, president of the "parlement" of Paris (d. 1544), and the third son of Christophe de Thou (d. 1582), "premier président" of the same "parlement", who had had ambitions to produce a
- 131,000 maps
- 96,000 manuscripts
- 1,208,000 images
- 1,907,000 newspapers and magazines
- 47,800 sheets of music
- 50,000 audio recordings
- 358,000 objects
List of directors.
List of directors 1369–1792.
- 1369–1411:
- 1522–1540: Guillaume Budé
- 1540–1552:
- 1552–1567:
- 1567–1593: Jacques Amyot
- 1593–1617: Jacques-Auguste de Thou
- 1617–1642: François Auguste de Thou
- 1642–1656: Jérôme Bignon
- 1656–1684:
- 1560–1604:
- 1604–1614