Jean Du Castre d'Auvigny
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Jean Du Castre d'Auvigny was a French soldier and writer born in Hainaut in 1712.
He served with distinction in the chevau-légers and died at the battle of Dettingen on 27 June 1743.
He authored the following books:
- Mémoires de Madame de Barneveldt (1732, 2vol. in 12)
- Amusements historiques
- Histoire de Paris (jusqu'en 1730)
- Vies des hommes illustres de la France (continued by abbott Gabriel-Louis Pérau and Turpin), 1739–1757, 27 volumes in-12.
He worked in collaboration with abbé Desfontaines and was the actor Préville's step brother.
Sources
- Jean Du Castre d'Auvigny on Wikisource
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bouillet, Marie-Nicolas; Chassang, Alexis, eds. (1878). Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French).
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